Granite Stake Tabernacle
{{Short description|Historic building in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.}}
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Granite Stake Tabernacle
| image = Granite Stake Tabernacle 1.jpg
| caption = The Granite Stake Tabernacle in 2011
| location = 2005 South 900 East, Salt Lake City, Utah
| coordinates = {{coord|40|43|35|N|111|51|52|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Utah#USA
| built = 1930
| architect = Edward O. Anderson and Lorenzo Snow Young
| architecture = Early Christian/Byzantine
| added = July 11, 2003
| area = {{convert|1.78|acre}}
| refnum = 03000630
}}
The Granite Stake Tabernacle is a tabernacle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Sugar House District of Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It has historic significance to the area and was listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2003 (a nomination the LDS church itself opposed).{{cite web | title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form | publisher=United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service | date=May 28, 2003 | url={{NRHP url|id=03000630}} | accessdate=2015-04-15}}
First Granite Stake Tabernacle
File:Granite Stake Tabernacle (small).jpg
The first tabernacle used for the Cottonwood and Granite stakes was located on the corner of 33rd South and State street and was constructed in 1903. Joseph F. Smith dedicated the building on December 27, 1903.{{cite news | title=Will Dedicate Their New House | work=Deseret Evening News | date=December 26, 1903 | page=2 | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yhdQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MlYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3163%2C5309888 | accessdate=2015-04-15}} Due to congregational boundary divisions in 1929, what was known as the Granite Stake Tabernacle was actually within the Grant Stake boundaries and was renamed the Grant Stake Tabernacle.{{cite news | title=Historic Granite (Grant) Stake Tabernacle Passes Into History | date=February 13, 1956 | work=Church News | publisher=Deseret News | page=12 | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ssszAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4kkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3199%2C3268062 | accessdate=2015-04-15}} The Grant Stake Tabernacle was razed in 1956.
Construction of the Second Granite Stake Tabernacle
The second and current Granite Stake Tabernacle was designed by two young architects, Edward O. Anderson and Lorenzo Snow Young, who would later make an impact on the architecture of many other buildings for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Fundraising for the construction was done by members of the local area. The construction began in 1929, and required the demolition of four homes on the property including the childhood home of Stephen L. Richards.{{cite news | author=Whitney Butters | title=An enduring tabernacle: Granite Stake building has been a big part of life in the Salt Lake area | date=July 1, 2010 | work=Deseret News | url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705384919/An-enduring-tabernacle-Granite-Stake-building-has-been-a-big-part-of-life-in-the-Salt-Lake-area.html?pg=2 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021212740/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705384919/An-enduring-tabernacle-Granite-Stake-building-has-been-a-big-part-of-life-in-the-Salt-Lake-area.html?pg=2 | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 21, 2013 | accessdate=2015-04-15}} The building was completed in March 1930 at a cost of USD$225,000. LDS Church policy mandated that buildings would not be dedicated until they were paid off in full. Due to the Depression, the tabernacle wasn't dedicated until June 1938 by LDS Church President Heber J. Grant. In 1951 the tabernacle had an additional chapel built adjacent to the original structure for the Lincoln Ward's weekly meetings.
Current use
The tabernacle continues to function as a gathering place for multiple wards (congregations), but also serves as a meetinghouse for regular Sunday services for the Dai Ichi (Japanese) ward.
References
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{{Latter-day Saint Tabernacles}}
Category:20th-century Latter Day Saint church buildings
Category:Buildings and structures in Salt Lake City
Category:Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Utah
Category:Churches completed in 1930
Category:Churches completed in 1901
Category:Tabernacles (LDS Church) in Utah
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake City