Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle
Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle | |
Stone Tabernacle (Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle), c. 1889 | |
Location | 109 S. Main St., Paris, Idaho |
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Coordinates | 42°13′33″N 111°24′01″W / 42.22583°N 111.40028°WCoordinates: 42°13′33″N 111°24′01″W / 42.22583°N 111.40028°W |
Built | 1884 1889 | to
Architect | Joseph Don Carlos Young |
NRHP reference No. | 72000436[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 8, 1972[1] |
The Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle, situated on main street in Paris, Idaho, is a Romanesque red sandstone meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints designed by Joseph Don Carlos Young, the son of Brigham Young. The tabernacle was built between 1884 and 1889 by Mormon pioneers of Bear Lake Valley who used horse and ox teams to haul rock quarried from Indian Creek Canyon nearly 18 miles away.[2] After the completion of the Logan Utah Temple in 1884, the workers began construction of the tabernacle. It cost $50,000 ($1.51 million in 2021 dollars) to build and seats around 2000 people.
The tabernacle was dedicated September 15, 1889 by LDS Church president Wilford Woodruff. It was planned to be dedicated in 1888, but a fire partially destroyed the interior, and it had to be restored. In 1972 the tabernacle was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The tabernacle was refurbished in 2004-2005 and continues to operate as a meeting place for the Bear Lake Stake congregations and community.
Vestry on the Paris Idaho Tabernacle. Vestries are rare in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, because special clothes are not worn by Bishops or Stake Presidents. The architect had studied churches in Europe and kept the vestry for architectural completeness, rather than for functionality.
See also
- LDS Stake Office Building, also in Paris, Idaho and also NRHP-listed
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Hart, Arthur A. (February 24, 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
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