Wasatch Stake Tabernacle

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.

Wasatch Stake Tabernacle
LocationBounded by Center, 1st North, Main, and 1st West Sts., Heber City, Utah
Coordinates40°30′32″N 111°24′50″W
Built1889
ArchitectAlex Fortie
NRHP reference No.70000633[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 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
  • Inside the Belfry (1967)
  • Interior facing east (1967)
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References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places". NPS Focus. National Park Service. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  3. "Wasatch Stake Tabernacle: Written Historical and Descriptive Data" (PDF). Historic American Buildings Survey. HABS No. U-27 – via Library of Congress.
  4. "Wasatch Stake Tabernacle". Utah Division of State History.
  5. Jackson, Richard W. (1997). Mormon Tabernacles: An Historical Exegesis, 1847-1937. Salt Lake City.
  6. 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
  7. Nomination Form for Wasatch Stake Tabernacle and Heber Amusement Hall, National Register of Historic Places, dated 2 December 1970. pdfhost
  8. Jenson, Crystal Wride (August 1992), The Geographical Landscape of Tabernacles in The Mormon Culture Region, Master's thesis, Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, ScholarsArchive
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