Bountiful Tabernacle
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JacobBarlow
N 40° 53.332 W 111° 52.773
12T E 425903 N 4526792
One of the oldest L.D.S. Chapels. Finest at time of erection. Augustus Farnham architect. Site dedicated Feb. 11, 1857 by Elder Lorenzo Snow....
Waymark Code: WM26GR
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 09/12/2007
Views: 21
One of the oldest L.D.S. Chapels. Finest at time of erection. Augustus Farnham architect. Site dedicated Feb. 11, 1857 by Elder Lorenzo Snow. Grain was stored in stone foundation when Johnston's Army advanced. The walls are of adobe, roof timbers fastened with wooden pegs, lumber from Meeting House Hollow, Holbrook Canyon. Tower had five spires, the center spire served as a sun dial. Dedicated March 14, 1863 by Elder Heber C. Kimball, President Brigham Young presiding. Cost $60,000, Bishop John Stoker. Councilors Wm. Atkinson and Wm. H. Lee.
Marker Name: Bountiful Tabernacle
Marker Type: City
Addtional Information:
Location:
100 S Main Street
BOUNTIFUL
DAVIS County
County: Davis
City: Bountiful
Group Responsible for Placement: DUP
Date Dedicated: 3/14/1936
Marker Number: 10
Web link(s) for additional information:
http://history.utah.gov/apps/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=1011
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