Ogden Tabernacle

Title Ogden Tabernacle
Image Captions The original Ogden L.D.S. Tabernacle was built from 1855-1869 by William Fife on 22nd near Washington Boulevard.  Fife was paid $100 and some foodstuff for the building.  The Tabernacle was remodeled in 1896 at the cost of $15,000.  The inside and outside were redecorated with the foundation, walls, and roof unchanged.  It also served as the first home of Weber Academy.  The Tabernacle was razed in the 1960s to make way for the Ogden Temple.
Description For nearly twenty years after the first pioneers came to Utah, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was the only religious denomination in the area. That changed in Weber County with the introduction of Catholicism in 1866. By 1888, Ogden City had a thriving religious community with Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church, Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, the Methodists, Presbyterians, and Baptists. The Ogden Buddhist Temple was organized in 1913. With the railroad in the center of Ogden, it allowed for people from the East to come and settle the area and bring their religion into the once LDS dominated area. Ogden City has grown to accommodate the religious needs of its cosmopolitan population with eighteen active religious organizations in the area.
Subject Ogden (Utah); Architecture--History; Religious architecture; Mormon church buildings
Digital Publisher Stewart Library, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah, USA
Date Original 1910
Date 1910
Date Digital 2008
Temporal Coverage 1878; 1879; 1880; 1881; 1882; 1883; 1884; 1885; 1886; 1887; 1888; 1889; 1890; 1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1900; 1901; 1902; 1903; 1904; 1905; 1906; 1907; 1908; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1915; 1916; 1917; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; 1946; 1947; 1948; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964
Item Size 4.75 x 6.75 inch
Medium photography
Item Description black and white photograph
Spatial Coverage Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5779206, 41.223, -111.97383
Type Image/StillImage
Conversion Specifications Archived TIFF images were scanned with an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner. Digital images were reformatted in Photoshop. JPG and PDF files were then created for general use.
Language eng
Relation https://archivesspace.weber.edu/repositories/3/resources/245
Rights Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes; please credit the Special Collections Department, Stewart Library, Weber State University.
Source P 55 Box 4 Fd 3 Special Collections, Stewart Library, Weber State University
Format image/jpeg
ARK ark:/87278/s614stj5
Setname wsu_school
ID 96677
Reference URL https://digital.weber.edu/ark:/87278/s614stj5
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