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Show A masterpiece of Mormon architecture, the Spring City meetinghouse was built by skilled masons of locally available oolite limestone. Deseret News photograph by J. M. Heslop, gift of Bob Mitchell. is the curving horseshoe gallery with its sloping floor and access stairways from the tower. The wainscoting, sloping chapel floor, and choir flanking the sacrament table combine to make this a truly beautiful and sensitive place of worship. T h e significance of this chapel transcends the limits of Spring City. T h e architectural design and the care lavished in its construction give the church a spirit of its own. ! Another church-related building appears today as a small yellow frame home, all that remains of the once-flourishing Methodist church and school. T h e home now standing served as living quarters for a 1:1 Spring City Mormons continue to take pride in their chapel. A new recreation hall to the north was designed to conform to the Gothic motif, adding greatly to its cost. |
