Series 8690
Salt Lake City (Utah). Division of Building Services and Licensing Building permit registers
Dates: i 1889-
5.50 cubic feet and 10 microfilm reels
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Scope and Content
This series contains registers documenting the issuing of building permits for various building construction projects in Salt Lake City. Entries are numbered consecutively in the chronological order in which the building permits were registered. The entry number coincided with the number of the building permit issued. In addition to the permit number, the registers record such information as the date of the permit, the property owner or individual applying for the permit, the architect on the project, the project builder, the address of the building, a very brief description of the type of building or project, and the estimated cost.
Images Available
This series is available online as part of the Utah State Archives Digital Archives.
Access Restrictions
This series is designated as Public.
Reproduction and Use
These records are available for reproduction and use.
Finding Aids
Indexes: The State Historical Society has a card index in the Research Center that indexes permits for properties between 900 West and 200 East and between 1000 North and 900 South. The index covers the approximate time period of 1890-1927.
Indexing Terms
City planning--Utah--Salt Lake City.
Building laws--Utah--Salt Lake City.
| REEL | DESCRIPTION |
| 1 | 1889 Jan 17 - 1891 Sep 30: Register of Buildings |
| 2 | 1891 Sep 21 - 1911 Dec 31: Register of Buildings |
| 3 | 1912 Jan 05 - 1922 Dec 30 |
| 4 | 1923 Jan 02 - 1927 Dec 29: Register of Permits |
| 5 | 1927 Dec 31 - 1936 Apr 30 |
| 6 | 1936 May 01 - 1941 Feb 28 |
| 7 | 1941 Mar 01 - 1943 Jan 30 |
| 8 | 1943 Jan 29 - 1948 Mar 13 |
| 9 | 1948 Mar 10 - 1951 Jun 29 |
| 10 | 1951 Jul 02 - 1954 Jul 31 |
| DISC | BOX | VOLUME | DESCRIPTION |
| 11 | 1 | [1] | 1889 Jan 17 - 1891 Sep 30: Register of Buildings |
| 11 | 1 | [2] | 1891 Sep 21 - 1893 Jul 05: Register of Buildings |
| 11 | 1 | [3] | 1893 Jul 06 - 1897 Jun 05: Register of Buildings |
| 11 | 1 | [4] | 1897 Jun 07 - 1900 Jan 22: Register of Buildings |
| 11 | 2 | [5] | 1900 Jan 31 - 1904 May: Register of Buildings |
| 11 | 2 | [6] | 1904 May 13 - 1907 Dec 31: Register of Buildings |
| 11 | 3 | [7] | 1908 Jan 06 - 1911 Dec 31: Register of Permits |
| 12 | 3 | [8] | 1912 Jan 05 - 1915 Sep 30: Register of Permits |
| 12 | 3 | [9] | 1915 Oct 01 - 1919 Oct 30: Inspector of Building's Register of Permits and Bills |
| 13 | 4 | 3[10] | 1919 Oct 30 - 1922 Dec 30: Register Building Permits |
| 13 | 4 | 3[11] | 1923 Jan 02 - 1927 Dec 29: Building Permit Register |
| 14 | 5 | 4[12] | 1927 Dec 30 - 1934 Dec 31: Building Permit Register |
| 15 | 6 | 5[13] | 1935 Jan 01 - 1938 Jul 30: Building Permits Register |
| 16 | 7 | 6[14] | 1938 Aug 01 - 1941 Sep 30: Building Permit Register |
| 17 | 8 | 7[15] | 1941 Oct 01 - 1946 Mar 30: Building Permit Register |
| 18 | 9 | 8[16] | 1946 Apr 02 - 1948 Dec 30: Buildings Permits Register |
| 19 | 10 | 9[17] | 1949 Jan 03 - 1951 Jun 29: Buildings Permits Register |
| 20 | 11 | 10[18] | 1951 Jul 02 - 1954 Jul 31: Building Permits Register |