Monday, November 5, 2018

PICTURES TELL THE PAYSON STORY ~ PAYSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: PAYSON LDS TABERNACLES

Pictured: The Nebo Stake Tabernacle under construction sometime around 1906.


The old Payson Tabernacle was originally built in the early 1870s. It was dedicated by Apostle Wilford Woodruff on July 20, 1872. It was designed with a hip-angle roof and tall, slim windows on each side. A balcony was built into the west end of the building. A slender shoe-box pulpit stood in front of the speaker's stand on the east end of the building. The building was destroyed by fire in 1904.

The Nebo Stake Tabernacle was constructed on the site of the Old Payson Tabernacle that burned in 1904. Construction on the tabernacle located at 182 North Main was started in June 1906 and was completed in November 1907. The building was dedicated by President Joseph F. Smith, 6th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  

Find the rest of the story in the November 7, 2018, print edition of The Payson Chronicle.


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