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Show CONDITION Excellent XX Good o o Feir . (Check Onel INTEGRITY Altered Unaltered Desc;;be the Present end Orginal (if known) Physical Appearance o (Check One) Deteriorated o I o Moved Ruins 0 o Unexposed (Check One) Original S ita 0 131 Design of the Beehive House follows the 19th Century Greek Revival in architecture. The architect was Tnnnan 0. Angell, who also designed the manyspired Salt Lake Temple. Some of the original drawings for the Beehive House fortunately were fmmd in the archives of the Church Historian IS Office shortly after work on the restoration had begun in 1959. These drawings proved invaluable in the restoration of the home. As origina1ly built, the main part of the house consisted of two stories and an attic, surmounted by a beehive-shaped cupola 1 the transitional ''Mormon'' symbol of industry which was to give the home its name.. Surrounding this tower is a steel-railed (original was wood) "'widowts watch," reminiscent of the colonial coast. Since the death of Brigham Young, the Beehive House has undergone two major alterations. ' The first was made by a son who purchased the home in 1888. Under this remodeling, the rear section was rebuilt into a three-story wing. The formal dining room downstairs also was extensively remodeled" . and an upstairs sitting room and parlor were added .. The "adobe" walls were found to be in remarkably. good condition. When . later additions were torn out1 the walls revealed the exact location of stairs, halls, doorways, partitions and roof lines just as described in the old manuscripts and original plans. In the process of restoration, wide pine board floors, laid with square nails as in the original home, replaced later hardwoods. In the l850 t s, Brigham Young had a nine-foot-Jrigh cobblerock wall erected around the Beehive House as protection from unfriendly intruders and as' a ." make-work project for men who needed employment. Portions' of this same wall (recently pUShed back 23 feet to widen State Street north of the historic Eagle Gate) now border the home on the north,. and ' east sides. A low wroughfiron fence stands in front of the house where the big wall once stood. The oak-finished door, now painted white, ' with' its silver doorknob opens on to the main hallway. On The door frame is a small brass device that:, appears to be the 19th. Century version of the doorbell, and an old-fashioned clapper-type bell that aroused the Brigham Young family long ago. .' " , .. .Downstairs were Brigham Youngts bedroom, parlor z kitchen. On the second floor is the "long hall" for entertaining guesfs6fBrignain Young 'and' o££ice's . The lovely home is now authentically furnished ~th furniture and artifacts of the period at a cost of approximately one-half million dollars by tl\e · Latter-day Saint church. |
