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Show UTAH HISTORIC SITE ~t:\RKER Order Form Date: June Register: 6, 1980 National Name of Site: Text: Lion House CDNSTRUcrED 1855-1856 AS A RESIDENCE FOR BRIGHAM YOUNG AND HIS FAMILY, THE · LION HOUSE TAKES ITS NAME FROM THE RECUMBENT LION, CARVED BY WILLIA~1 WARD, SET ON TOP OF THE FRONT roRTIOO. THE HOUSE WAS DESIGNED BY TRUMAN O. ANGELL AND BUILT OF STUCCDED ADOBE. BRIGHAM YOUNG, SECOND PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS cHRIST OF IATI'ER-DAY SAINTS AND FIRST TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR OF urAH, DIED IN THIS HOUSE ON AUGUST ' 29, 1877. SINCE ITS COl"l'STRUcrION THE LION HOUSE HAS FUNCTIONED AS A OOMMUNITY SOCIAL CENTER. Si te Nwnber: N-l34 Send Invoice to: Name: Address: note: Send Plaque to: please include post $40.00 - 5 ft. Preservation Planning Office Utah State Historical Society 307 West 2nd South #1000 Salt Lake City, UT 84101 |
