Rock Church (Auburn, Wyoming)

The Rock Church of Auburn, Wyoming is a historic church building that has served also as a community center. Also known as Latter Day Saints Auburn Ward Meeting House, it is located at Second W and First S Sts. in Auburn. It was built in 1889 out of stone, which, in the Star Valley in which it is located, is rarely used in architecture. It is a steeply gabled structure, of size approximately 30 by 15 feet (9.1 m × 4.6 m).[2]

Rock Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Second W and First S Sts., Auburn, Wyoming
Coordinates	42°47′30″N 111°0′4″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1889
NRHP reference No.	85003222[1]
Added to NRHP	December 13, 1985

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1985.[1] At the time of its NRHP listing, it was significant as the only building from the 1800s still in regular use in the area, and as one of the very oldest buildings surviving in Star Valley. Its NRHP nomination asserted that it "embodies the type, period, and method of construction utilized by early pioneers for buildings of major importance."[2]

See also

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wyoming

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Paul Miller Hokanson (October 16, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rock Church / LDS Auburn Ward Meeting House". National Park Service. and accompanying four photos from 1985