Abravanel Hall: In 2024, when the proposal for a new Sports and Entertainment District was underway, the Utah Symphony musicians commissioned Adrienne White to complete the National Register of Historic Places nomination for Abravanel Hall, formerly Symphony Hall. She conducted comprehensive research, gathered critical archival materials and crafted the detailed nomination application. (Photo courtesy Adrienne White)
On Jan. 7, 2021, Adrienne White and her husband began renovating their newly purchased historic home in Sugar House. The following night, while working in the basement, White and her sister encountered an inexplicable, almost paranormal, occurrence: an unidentifiable noise reverberated through the house. Quickly returning upstairs, they found nothing out of place nor evidence of an intruder.
The experience prompted her sister to search for information about White’s home, which led to the discovery of an obituary for a woman who had passed away in the house on Jan. 7, 1976—exactly 45 years from the day the renovation had begun…