Weber Stake Tabernacle, Religious tabernacle in Ogden, United States.
The Weber Stake Tabernacle was a large meeting hall built for the Weber Stake of the LDS Church, designed by William N. Fife with construction starting in 1855. It was dedicated on October 10, 1859, and stood on a block known as Tabernacle Square in Ogden. In 1896 it was remodeled with cupolas, new decorative entrances, and a semi-circle rear addition.
The building opened in 1859 and served as a major religious center for the local faith community. It shaped the city's landscape until demolition in 1971 to make way for construction of the Ogden Utah Temple.
The tabernacle hosted Weber Stake conferences and some classes of the Weber Stake Academy. Its block became Tabernacle Square, where the Ogden Third Ward built a chapel and amusement hall and the Weber Stake Relief Society Building was added in 1902.
Nothing of the tabernacle remains: demolition began in August 1971 so that landscaping could be finished before the Ogden Utah Temple open house. The site is now the temple block at 41.2272, -111.9710. The Ogden Third Ward chapel and amusement hall stood on the square's southwest corner, and the 1902 Weber Stake Relief Society Building also occupied it.
In its final years from 1966 until demolition in 1971, the building was converted into a genealogy library. This transformation allowed community members to research and preserve their family histories within its walls.
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