Your Name Here... Club

This building on West Temple and 400 S which housed the former Bay Club has potential. Unfortunately everything that's inhabited it following the demise of the original all-ages club has been a huge dissapointment. Part of the problem being that it's so huge, including two dancefloors, two bars, a basement game room, swimming pool and patio. That's a lot of money to rake in, and a lot of music tastes to satisfy. Can anyone tell us what it's original purpose was?

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[Nelson Knight]

It was originally home of the Eagles Club, a fraternal organization like the Masons, Elks or Oddfellows. Such groups were popular around the turn of the 19th-20th century not only for their social benefits but also for offering free medical care and life and burial insurance for their members. The Eagles were also politically active for progressive social causes. The building was completed in 1916 and designed by Niels Edward Liljenberg, who only practiced in Utah for a few years but was fairly prolific while he lived here. He was also a member of the Eagles, which makes his selection to design their clubhouse logical. In 1937 it became the offices of the Equitable Life Insurance Co, which it remained until being renovated in the '80s to be a club. It is on the Salt Lake City Register of Cultural Resources.