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Show U\JU£. l' STANDARD EXAMINER rrhe ~eehive 1fouse In 1959, the Beehive House was put on the National Register 01 Historic Places and, alter By BECKY CAIRNS Standard-Examiner stall S ALT LAKE (,ITY - Tour guidc Betty Culbertson likcs to have a little fun with school-ngc guests m th e Bt'Chivc Housc_ Next. we're going to see ",h(' mmll" of the historic mansion, she'll tell thelll . Wilnt do you think it is'! The farH.'y dining room'! Nope. The reception hall? Nope. How nbout th e parlor'! Naw. Give up'! Try the bathroom: "They 1::lUgh when' say the bathroom, but they didn't have indoor bathrooms at that time so it was something special. ... says Culbertson, who is leading a group of grown-ups through Brigham Young's 1800s..,ra home STEVE CONLIN/Standard-Examlnel renovation, tours began in 1961. About 180 000 people visit annually. • 'Brigham Young's pioneer househo[a -nowa [anamarl(- is stiff abuzz with activity DAY TRIP he::td in side this room of rooms and lake a peek .1 Ihe copper bathtub. Luxurious. yes. But even so, water had to be hauled in by hind. The dirty Waler ,wasn·l. ' cniried hack out - the tub did hnve n dmin running under the house. . ,. ", The children's play room is a lavorlte lor visitors. Brigham Young had 57 children, though not all in the same house. ._I_AboIrt 1•hour from_ Ogden.lIIke _ Interslal.15IoSallI.ek. or Cily. ExilII600 North ~, 600 SoutI and pn>cetd to lie _ all{1 E. SoutI ;" Tomplt.llmIttd_ ~=r:~~". Tompit. Or piIt< illIIt); ZCMI Ctnler por1dng . lerrace; ntaJby ~ are on SoutI Tompit and , Street. Ll'aving the " facilities" behind, ('ulbcrtson can show you plenty more of thi s 35-room adobe home, from the Young children's lookout over the front hallwn y to the elegant reception rOOI11 on the second noo r. or An unconventional family Thl'rl' would be ordinary !-.lorj4,'s. too. da y- to-d:1Y life in a pioncl.:r housdlOld - stories with an extrao rdinary twist since Brigham Young hendcd a polygamous Inmil y of 27. wives (by most accounls) an d 57 dlildren. They didn't a/llive here. Two women - at separate timeswere the "first ladies" of the Beehive House: other wives lived neXI door in the three-story Lion House (nol open for tours) or in se parate homes scallcred from or Snit L.lkc Cily 10 51. George, this January da y. So. hy nil me::lns, poke your territory. the challenges of directing a growing church and the honor entertaining famous houscgucsts. . Prl.:sidCl1 t U lysses S. Grant stopped by once, as well as Mark Tw.-.in and the midget Tom Thumb. Rooms full of stories A tour guide for nine yea rs, Culbert so n lo ves this old house and lo ves meeting visitors who come to sec where Brigham Young - Utnh's first territorial governor anef the Mormon Church's second presidenl once hung hi s hat. "As yo u go down tlH,'sl.: Iwll s _ when you're alone here - lo ts of' times you think, if only they could talk to you," the Salt L1ke City res iden t S.1yS. No doubt they'd whisper of the trials or running a fled gling Many touri sts come to the Ikehivl' House out of curiosity, .H1d curiosity about polygamy is pnrt or thnt, says Margaret Adam ' of L1yton, director of the house, Yet. few voice uny " rude or ", unkind" comments aboul · the,~'it' prn(:l ice of plural marriagc:'whicl wns l'ventu,dly ::Iholishcd by the Mormon Church, "They're l'urio us. bUI in a respectful way," Adams SilyS. , The house Brigham built Since 1854, the Beehive House hus bl.:l:n a landmark on the _See HOUSE on ~ |
