Granite Stake Tabernacle, Religious tabernacle in Sugar House District, Salt Lake City, United States
The Granite Stake Tabernacle is an LDS tabernacle in the Sugar House District of Salt Lake City, Utah. The current building, completed in March 1930, was designed by Edward O. Anderson and Lorenzo Snow Young. It is not the 1903 red sandstone tabernacle at 33rd South and State Street, which was renamed Grant Stake Tabernacle and razed in 1956. A chapel for the Lincoln Ward was added in 1951.
Construction of the current building began in 1929 under architects Edward O. Anderson and Lorenzo Snow Young, completing in 1930. The structure has endured through decades of neighborhood changes and was later recognized for its historical and architectural importance.
The tabernacle still hosts several wards and serves as the meetinghouse for the Dai Ichi (Japanese) ward's regular Sunday services. Its name comes from the Granite Stake, the LDS stake for the Sugar House area, and the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
The tabernacle stands in the Sugar House District of Salt Lake City, at the coordinates 40.72639, -111.86444. A chapel for the Lincoln Ward's weekly meetings was added next to the original structure in 1951, so the building has two connected parts to look for. It still hosts regular Sunday services, including those of the Dai Ichi (Japanese) ward.
The LDS Church opposed the 2003 National Register listing, yet the building had already been shaped by thrift: members of the local area raised the funds, and Depression-era debts delayed dedication until June 1938, when Heber J. Grant finally dedicated it.
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