Show One o Time rime ChurCh Chin h- h Garage K J 3 Noisy Succeeds Organ a n t V Y Boards Cover Stained Win Windows clOVIS S SOLD I O OLD LD CHURCH which has been converted into a garage Former worshipers store cars where their parents pledged wedding wedding- vows I d L K fib d 4 d t Sr d pity I l I K g w N 6 9 M o otA tA k- k Scene of I Weddings and Dev Devotion tion Now v Site of Busy Activities of Skilled Mechanics ft it ANY a prominent Salt Lake man manI I MANY I has passed through the door of an east side church years ears ago some bearing on his arm a blushing bride others perhaps a pi pious pious pious pi- pi ous face a hymn book and the bible Today many of those same men are passing through the same door in au automobile au- au I au-I An odoriferous smell of gasoline gasoline gasoline gas gas- gasI I oline and oil and the throbbing purr of ot racing motors have hae replaced the mellow strains of an ancient organ and the plaintive chant of a fervid choir The multicolored windows have long since been boarded up with lumber Where once stood the pulpit from which was preached the gospel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Latter Saints by venerable and bearded patriarchs there there now is naught but buta a water faucet a al nl hose a cement floor and a sponge It la ly a a washing place for automobiles The historic old building is none other other other oth oth- I er than the old Eleventh ward chapel at Eighth East and First South streets I It has been converted into a thriving rendezvous of limousines and flivvers It still maintains a n religious air al although although at- at though it is now a public garage where the aches and pains of groaning ga are adjusted with precision And above a a. bold and flaring garage sign is still sUll visible this Inscription on ona ona ona a plain and faded slab of sandstone Holiness to the Lord Eleventh Word Ward Chapel Erected 1875 The church was built by a small congregation in that vicinity it was one of the first built in Salt Lake and has withstood the terrific terrific ter ter- rifle storms of two forty-two winters The neighborhood became more densely settled settled settled set set- in later years and a new chapel was erected The property was la later tel disposed t I of by the church and re remained remained remained re- re idle for years until leased for Its present use The proprietors of the place say ay that many of the families who have lived for a score score- or two of years in th the e vicinity are now numbered among the motoring patrons of the pl place ce I |