Historical Marker
Social Hall
Historical marker location:
51 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah
( Marker is at the intersection of State Street (Highway 89) and Social Hall Avenue, on the right when traveling north on State Street.)
<b><i><small>Original building, 1852; Glass monument, 1992</small></i></b>.
Utah was the site of the first-ever transcontinental railroad connection in the United States. The historic meeting of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads took place on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit, Utah.