Box Elder Stake Tabernacle, Mormon tabernacle in Brigham City, US

Box Elder Stake Tabernacle is a brick building with sixteen buttresses and Gothic-revival features including a central tower and multiple pinnacles located in Utah. The structure displays arched windows, decorative stonework, and architectural details arranged to create an imposing religious gathering place.

Brigham Young chose the site on "Sagebrush hill" and laid the cornerstones with surveyor Jesse Williams Fox Sr. on May 8, 1865. Meetings began in the unfinished building on May 27, 1879; the tower, gallery and capped brick buttresses were added and the tabernacle was dedicated by Wilford Woodruff on October 28, 1890. A furnace-room fire on February 9, 1896 left only blackened stone walls, and the rebuilt tabernacle was dedicated by George Q. Cannon on March 21, 1897.

The tabernacle seats about 1,600 and still serves as a meetinghouse for the Box Elder Stake, which also uses it for concerts and special events. Brigham Young chose the site on "Sagebrush hill," the highest point along Main Street, and reportedly said "this is the spot for your tabernacle." The Brigham City Utah Temple, built in 2012, stands across from it.

This building is open for guided tours during the warmer months, with visits typically available on weekends. Check ahead about tour times and whether you need to book in advance before planning your visit.

The 1896 fire left only blackened stone walls, yet the tabernacle was rebuilt and rededicated by George Q. Cannon on March 21, 1897, less than a year later. The rebuilt interior held an organ from the Reuter Organ Company, installed in 1951.