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The building was opened on December 9, 1912, taking a little over a year to be built. It was originally constructed as the headquarters for Walker Bank, founded in Salt Lake City in 1859 by the Walker brothers: Samuel Sharp, Joseph Robinson, David Frederick, and Matthew Walker, Jr. The basement
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A common mnemonic used by residents to remember the signals given by the tower is "Solid blue: skies are too, flashing blue: clouds are due, solid red: rain ahead, flashing red: snow instead." In December 2021, work began to upgrade the neon glass tubes to GLLS LED Neon Flex product. While the
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originally contained the vault for the bank, as well as a barbershop, florist, cigar store, and other shops. The main floor contained the bank, and upper floors were used as office space.
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weather forecast will still be broadcast, the tower now will have "any color under the rainbow, as well as various animation effects” to promote holidays and other events.
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Merchants and miners in Utah : the Walker brothers and their bank / Jonathan Bliss. : Western Epics, c1983.
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in 1996. Walker Center still operates as a multi-use office and business building, with leasing managed by
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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Utah
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Walker Bank was headquartered in the building until a 1981 merger with
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How To Read The Weather Forecast On The Walker Center - Uniquely Utah
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Salt Lake City
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property in Utah on the National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake City
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Walker Center is located in Utah
Walker Center is located in the United States
Salt Lake City
Utah
United States
40°45′55″N 111°53′24″W / 40.76528°N 111.89000°W / 40.76528; -111.89000
Eames and Young
06000929
skyscraper
Salt Lake City
Utah
United States

Eames and Young
Chicago school
First Interstate Bancorp
Wells Fargo
Colliers
weather tower
National Register of Historic Places portal
National Register of Historic Places listings in Salt Lake City
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
"Walker Bank Building for the M. H. Walker Realty Company"
the original
"Historic weather tower lights up skyline"
"Walker Center's new high-tech tower lights up Salt Lake City skyline"

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