The Wasatch Stake Tabernacle in Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah, USA was completed in 1889, and served as a Latter Day Saints meetinghouse reserved for especially large congregations until 1965. The tabernacle, which has a capacity of 1,500 in its pews, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in a joint listing with the adjacent Heber Amusement Hall on December 2, 1970.
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| Location | Bounded by Center, 1st North, Main, and 1st West Sts., Heber City, Utah |
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| Coordinates | 40°30′32″N 111°24′50″W / 40.50889°N 111.41389°W |
| Built | 1889 |
| Architect | Alex Fortie |
| NRHP reference No. | 70000633[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 2, 1970[2] |
Construction began in 1887 and the dedication of the completed building occurred on May 5, 1889 where it was reported that the building costs of the tabernacle were $30,000. Then President of the Wasatch Stake, Abram Hatch was superintendent of the building project and Alexander Fortie the architect.[3] The tabernacle is built with red sandstone that was quarried from the Lake Creek area east of Heber.[3] Originally, the tabernacle was heated by four potbelly stoves, one in each corner.[4] Additions were made in 1928 and 1954. In 1980 the tabernacle was sold to Heber City and now functions as a community hall.[3][5][6][7][8]
Interior
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Inside the Belfry (1967) -
Interior facing east (1967)
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places". NPS Focus. National Park Service. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ^ a b c "Wasatch Stake Tabernacle: Written Historical and Descriptive Data" (PDF). Historic American Buildings Survey. HABS No. U-27 – via Library of Congress.
- ^ "Wasatch Stake Tabernacle". Utah Division of State History.
- ^ Jackson, Richard W. (1997). Mormon Tabernacles: An Historical Exegesis, 1847-1937. Salt Lake City.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ McArthur, Aaron James (August 2005), The Buildings at the Center: Latter-day Saint Tabernacles in the Mormon Culture Region, Master's thesis, Las Vegas: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, proquest
- ^ Nomination Form for Wasatch Stake Tabernacle and Heber Amusement Hall, National Register of Historic Places, dated 2 December 1970. pdfhost
- ^ Jenson, Crystal Wride (August 1992), The Geographical Landscape of Tabernacles in The Mormon Culture Region, Master's thesis, Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, ScholarsArchive
External links
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Media related to Wasatch Stake Tabernacle at Wikimedia Commons- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. UT-27, "Wasatch Stake Tabernacle, Main Street at 100 North Street, Heber City, Wasatch County, UT", 11 photos, 7 measured drawings, 6 photo caption pages
- Ruth Witt Furr papers concerning the demolition of the Wasatch Stake Tabernacle, MSS 6095 at L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University
