# Daft Block

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{{Short description|Historic building in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NRHP
  | name = Daft Block
  | nrhp_type = 
  | image = Daft Block (1).jpg
  | caption = The Daft Block in 2019
  | location= 128 S. Main St., [Salt Lake City, Utah](/source/Salt_Lake_City%2C_Utah)
  | coordinates = {{coord|40|45|59|N|111|53|26|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Daft Block|display=inline,title}}
  | locmapin = Utah#USA
  | built = {{Start date|1889}}
  | architect = Harrison, Elias L.T.; Nichols, H.W.
  | architecture = Richardsonian Romanesque
  | added = May 28, 1976
  | area = less than one acre
  | refnum = 76001823<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a}}</ref>
}}
The '''Daft Block''', also known as the '''Daynes Jewelry Building''', in [Salt Lake City](/source/Salt_Lake_City%2C_Utah), [Utah](/source/Utah), is a 4-story [Richardsonian Romanesque](/source/Richardsonian_Romanesque) commercial building designed by [Elias L. T. Harrison](/source/Elias_L._T._Harrison) and H.W. Nichols and constructed 1887–1889. The brick building is trimmed with sandstone sills and lintels, and it features a prominent, two-story bay window. Above the bay window is a decorative sandstone pediment. The building was added to the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 1976.<ref name="nrhpdoc">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=76001823}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Daft Block |publisher=[National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service)|access-date=May 10, 2019}} With {{NRHP url|id=76001823|photos=y|title=accompanying pictures}}</ref>

An early tenant of the Daft Block was the Salt Lake 5 & 10 Cent Store, and in 1908 Daynes Jewelry Company purchased the building. The Daft Block later was connected to the adjacent [Kearns Building](/source/Kearns_Building) by a steel and glass passageway, otherwise the building shows few alterations.<ref>{{cite news |title=No Starbucks, But Salt Lake In 1908 Was 'Wired' |author=Jack Goodman |newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |date=January 23, 2000 |page=2D}}</ref>

Sarah Ann Daft (1828–1906) and her husband, E.J. Daft, immigrated to Utah from England in 1856. After E.J. Daft died in 1881, Mrs. Daft became active in business, owning real estate and investing in securities and mining interests. She commissioned the Daft Block in 1887.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cityview: Who was Sarah Daft and why did she build a Home? |author=Jack Goodman |newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |date=February 24, 1991 |page=7E}}</ref>

==See also==
* [Sarah Daft Home for the Aged](/source/Sarah_Daft_Home_for_the_Aged), NRHP listing in 2002

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Daft Block}}

==Further reading==
* John S. McCormick, ''[https://issuu.com/utah10/docs/the_historic_buildings_of_downtown_ The Historic Buildings of Downtown]'' (Utah State Historical Society, 1982), pp 66–67 (72–73)
* Rebecca Edwards, ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20180725022132/https://utahstories.com/2018/07/salt-lake-citys-main-street-displays-architectural-treasures/ Salt Lake City’s Main Street Displays Architectural Treasures]'', Utah Stories, July 19, 2018
* [https://utahwomenswalk.org/Honorees/sarah-ann-daft/ Sarah Ann Daft], Utah Women's Walk

{{National Register of Historic Places}}

Category:National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake City
Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1889
Category:Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Utah

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