• The Thomas S. Monson Building

Thomas S. Monson Center opens in downtown Salt Lake City

The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute officially opened its new home in a newly refurbished and renamed historic downtown Salt Lake City mansion. Its new home is now known as the Thomas S. Monson Center, formerly the Enos A. Wall Mansion.

The event took place yesterday and was covered by most media outlets in the state. You can also read about the event from the University of Utah and the Kem. C. Gardner Policy Institute.

About the Historic Mansion

The building, completed in 1880, was originally owned by James Sharp, former University of Utah chancellor and mayor of Salt Lake City. In 1904, it was purchased by mining magnate Enos Wall, who hired renowned Utah State Capitol architect Richard K. A. Kletting to transform the mansion. Wall lived there until 1920. The building was used as the Salt Lake Jewish Community Center for several years until it was purchased by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1961. The Wall Mansion was home to LDS Business College from 1962 until 2006. It was gifted by the LDS Church to the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business in 2014. Following its renovation, the building was renamed as the Thomas S. Monson Center and will now be home to the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, an initiative of the David Eccles School of Business.

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