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Show ... -.. ._,... ·0·... eU-purpo se -buildlng-. The "minutes ot :thi' the next day, February 14th; and"a week e er , with which to purchase "doors t 'windows t d sidered connnodious st, the' time. wes to :": was'constructed of plest:obta1ned After severel' years of covered with better. southward. .,. .. _" "...." , '_ - . .. '" ,_' ," ,-- worK to begin. l\meeing.'3tGte that cellee"ted publicly' $49:00 This p'arhapa conbullQi,' b:n 22a.,.. measure.ment. 33'. at the .. , u sage ler; an panted. in '" was Was Ba.mills ' OUBid It, in the timber-belt to the DBID this rou it was 11 ned and 6U stat e, . ", approximately decades, this buildi other purposes f'or the t?r church, school, and soclal, communi t y. the construction of' a new .r which f's a of building • part the present church editice • th ld h b etwo For t:erved , e? ouse, property of' the st. Joseph Reliet Socie. for years, was man! auxiliary association for meetin s bazaars, etc.; end occasionally 8cconmodated' a meeting of St gation Canp8n1, function. Af'ter this or other semi-public acqu re more comfortable end modern quarters in the present church editice whi h : public came the used by that t d q tig beS", "SOciet'y"osep i1rdr 1941---the old building passed in-to--privca'twahs ?Pdenedndforh dean from its site blocks th . use October 26, been ent i re 1 Y The Second March remove two 'West of the . S; a chapel. ass inc e ... Al19Purpose Bulld 10,. )ago3, John Bushmen, Joseph Hensen, and John McLaWs 'were chosen larger and more modern public building. T1B cammittee, in dividing responsibility for this work among themselves, placed Bushman in charge of brick-making, Haneen in charge of erection of the Wails, and 8 camnittee to oversee the erection ot C. a McLews in charge of carpenter work. Henry W. DeSpain wa s engaged to attend to the of the and and burning moulding bricks; although sane deley was occasioned by sum mer reins t 180 ,000 bricks had been made, be ing burned in two kilns. by the 27th of August of the same, year. Nearly all of the construction, as well as the manuf'acture of the bricks, was done by members of the ecclesiastical ward---one or two masons from other wards were employed in connection with the brick-laying. By March, 1004, the walls were up and most of the roof' put on; but it was samete before interior finishing work was cleted SO the building could be put into use. January 3, 1909, at the first re ligious tast end business" meeting of the ye6r, the new structure was dedicated by stake President Samuel F. Sni th; and Bishop John Bushmen, in making a report of the work of construction, gave the cost as $5, 362.20., Total length 64 teet, end constructed in the form ot a T": width at the T" end 44 feet. The floors in the "T't end of the house were three teet higher tha in te lowr main hall, which faced toward the street to the north with the higher floors, contained three Ward. Thois Wider end of the The building was building, separated tran the by folding doors so it might hell for seating capacity when oc "stege", or combined with themain and south measured casion might require. The main hall, with its length north roams at either side of the 22' by 40'; the stage, 22' by 20'; end the class at the north entrance, was 18' No anterooms "ere provided; and rooms---the center be used as a one main hall stage, only a by 20'. Each of the side rooms at the smell porch, above which was the belfry. hall back of the building, however, was provided with a door outside the main re below. A contemporary writer at the time of construction of this building, bricks The marks: It 18 built on stone foundation three feet high. 'ble. inki sh red. good and and burned near the building. They are a p Arizona. It 1s Baid to be one of the best build ings in northern "dura This building,served for all purposes---schools, wer:**: religiOUS services, and other public the autumn ot 1916. meetings, entertainments, etc.---until J ,II |
