Emery LDS Church, Mormon church in Emery County, Utah.
Emery LDS Church is a wood-frame meetinghouse in Emery, Utah, measuring 36.5 by 84.5 feet and seating 500 people. Its exterior is sheathed in New England-style clapboard, while the interior is lined with a non-load-bearing adobe wall. Bishop Alonzo Brinkerhoff directed construction, which was completed in 1900.
Work on the meetinghouse began in 1898 under Bishop Alonzo Brinkerhoff and was finished in 1900, but a $7,000 construction debt delayed dedication until July 27, 1902, when Elder Rudger Clawson offered the dedicatory prayer. A new multipurpose meetinghouse was dedicated on June 25, 1956, and the city bought the old building in 1967 for use as a town meeting and recreation hall.
The city bought the former meetinghouse in 1967 and has used it since as a town meeting and recreation hall. The interior keeps the arrangement of a 1900 meetinghouse, with a chapel and seating reported for 500 people, now given over to local gatherings.
The building was bought by the city in 1967 and used as a town meeting and recreation hall. It stands in Emery, Utah, and can be viewed from the street; interior access depends on current town use, so ask at the town office before planning a look inside.
This is the last remaining New England style meetinghouse the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints built in Utah, combining wood and adobe in an unusual way. This rare mix of materials shows how early settlers blended local resources with eastern building styles.
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