Richard K. A. Kletting

Richard Karl August Kletting (July 1, 1858 – September 25, 1943)[1] was an influential architect in Utah.

He designed many well-known buildings, including the Utah State Capitol, the Enos Wall Mansion (which now houses the Thomas S. Monson Center), the original Salt Palace, and the original Saltair Resort Pavilion.

A number of his buildings survive and are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places including many in University of Utah Circle and in the Salt Lake City Warehouse District.

When Kletting was sixteen he arrived in Paris and learned modern architectural design from a big contracting firm.

Kletting married a woman named Mary Elizabeth Saaner on 18 May 1905 in San Francisco.

Kletting was hired as an architect and worked on many Salt Lake City buildings, both residential and commercial.

His next commission was the original Saltair resort in 1893, on the south shore of the Great Salt Lake.

In 1899 the original historic Salt Palace was built and Richard Kletting was the architect.

In 1912, Kletting was chosen among forty other competing architects to design the Utah State Capitol building in 1912.

In 1964, Kletting Peak, standing at 12,055 feet, in Summit County, Utah, was named for Richard K.A.