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Show Ittilt J liuuu nun Drpsidine and Second! This comment comes all the IJiai Bummci W4 1- - l Tabernacle Near Town Center Is Monument To Mormon Poneei NEARLY 30 YEARS REQUIRED TO BUILD IT OF NATIVE STONE Fire Ravaged The Beautiful Structure In 1896; Was Rebuilt With Contributions ripeness,, like old and precious By LaPreal Wight cherished for endur Any citizen of Brigham City buildings, in which one looking for something to brag ing purposes about need go no further than takes great pride. the Box Eider stake tabernacle. Unlike so many ancient buildAs you come upon It from the ings, no ivy clutters up the south, It impresses you with its bare walls. No! Not even a legdignified beauty even before end to add glamour to the story you are able to point out the of its life. But it has history! that All the important religious evfeatures distinguishing make it so attractive. ents in our community have Resting upon foundations of been centered there. stone, built against a back drop From a mere grain of mustard of mountain peaks, its spires seed back in the early 1860s, soaring sheer upward, it stands the tabernacle was begun; built out confidently, with Intent by men of simple faith who faith, somewhat like the Great worked in simple ways, in comStone Face,, giving character to parison to the methods) now our community. used by the builder. With infiThe best time of the dhy to nite pains and labor native 6ee the tabernacle is in the late lumber was delivered .to the afternoon, especially when the site; men and teams going into setting 6un casts long shadows the mountains for logs and around the old walls. Surround- stone. The foundations of rock ed by a civic pattern of lawn were especially built broad and and trees, there is a sense that deep .and wide. As stone was It has come into a measure of placed upon stone, stability and , For AUTHENTIC INFORMATION on fishing conditions in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and the Parks, as well as in the Brigham City and Northern Utah area, drop in to Thompsons. Or if you need fishing equipment, rods, reels, line, leaders, flies, tackle boxes, creels, boots, waders, nets . . . or anything else . . . come to if you dont want fishing information, or you have all the tackle Even you need, drop, in and well swap fish stories with you. Oh yes, we also have a complete line of other kinds of sporting goods, everything you need or want for camping . ; . as well as a full line of hardware. WE HAVE THE NEW Utah fishing and hunting licenses . . . theyre so come complicated to fill out in early and get yours. ... THOMPSONS v Hardware Sporting Goods Implements Appliances 41 SOUTH MAIN i No one coming into Brigham City could fail to see the L. D. S. stake tabernacle (i to be confused with an L. D. S. temple), which stands with eminence near the center the town. Begun in 1876, it was completed in 1881, then damaged by fire and rebi in 1892. A noted architect recently completed a state-wid- e tour and declared t Utahs most beautiful building. Present-da- y con tractors were amazed to hear that building was built originally for a cash outlay of only $6,0000. The tabernacle senes a central auditorium and meeting place for the several L. D. S. wards 4 of ' North South Box Elder stakes when they come together for quarterly stake conference, as t as for other church and cultural meetings of the community. .1 order arose, mans simple faith and labor now made manifest by a work of beauty. For fifteen years, off and on, the building was added to: the walls, the roof, finally the benches and the pulpit. It was an enthusiastic congregation that met in worship that first day when Its doors were flung open to the towns population. YES, a A i 4 t.. NATIONALLY Wrapped in awe and wonder they filed down the aisles, and took a seat, facing the pulpit that had been placed in the east end of the building, and listened to a powerful sermon delivered with the same quali-tie- s of ferver and devotion that had been used in the building of the structure in which they now worshipped. In 1890 the tabernacle was renovated and the gallaries were exadded, at an approximate pense of $5,000. - This increased the seating capacity to 1,200. It was estimated that the new additions gave them a building with $25,000. "It will stand THERES FAMOUS In Brigham City -- AT- hundred years, everyone said who had examined the construction. "It will weather the years; survive all changes. We have built welL Then came the fire of 1896. It was on a Sunday in February. 1:30 in the afternoon. Winter snow was piled up along the (Continued on following page) 656 South Main ' AUMiuatn; ivauit oirnwi Vi Block Up The Street From The Indian School |