Council House, Government building in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The Council House was a two-story adobe building with wooden elements at the corner of Main Street and South Temple Street in Salt Lake City. It was constructed in 1849–50 and served as Utah's first public building, housing the provisional State of Deseret government and later territorial offices.

The structure was built between 1849 and 1850 and was the first public building erected in Utah Territory. It stood for nearly four decades before destruction by fire in 1883.

The building served as a hub for public life and housed key institutions that shaped Salt Lake City's growth. Its location at a central crossroads made it a gathering place where urban life concentrated.

The Council House stood at the corner of Main Street and South Temple Street in Salt Lake City. The building no longer exists: its ruined walls were demolished in September 1889. The Beneficial Tower (Gateway Tower West), opened in 1998, now occupies the former site.

Over 2,000 Latter-day Saints received their endowment inside the Council House before the Endowment House was completed in 1855. The building also hosted meetings of the church leadership, and photographer Charles Roscoe Savage lost his nearby offices in the 1883 explosion.