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This text message is used to keep the image from rotating in ocr process. Be sure to crop the top .25" off after the ocr process. .. _ ClIljRGI AND SOmaL HOUSE Salina, Sevier County UTAH STATE HISTORY 11 11111111111111111111111111111 1111 1111111111 1111111111111111111 3 9222 50012 3612 - Irvi n L. Warnock Sigurd Utah 84657 Church And School House. Salina, Sevier County. Early Picture Of Salina's 1st Church. Church And School House. Salina, Sevier County. Church And School House. Salina, Sevier County. Researcher: ?,( . 7A"; Date: f-/8-78 Site No. SY / .3 <IX Utah State Historical Society Historic PreserVation Research Office Structure/Site Information Form 1z o ~. o u:: i= zw 9 2 w U) ::l ...... Z o i= is z o o Iii CJ « Street Address: Plat Name of Structure: T. R. UTM: Tax#: Present Owner: Owner Address: Construction Date: 1St Original Owner: .original Use: Present Use: o Single-Family o Multi-Family ~PUbliC o Commercial Building Condition: o Excellent • Good o Deteriorated o Park o Industrial o Agricultural o Unaltered o Minor Alterations • Major Alterations Photography: ~... Research Sources: z o zw ::E ::l o o c Final Register Status: o National Landmark o National Register o State Register Significant Contributory Not Contributory Intrusion 4 Date of Slides: Views: Front 0 Side 0 Rear 0 Other 0 o o o o o o o Abstract of Title Plat Records Plat Map Tax Card & Photo Building Permit Sewer Permit Sanborn Maps Occupants: Vacant • Religious o Other Integrity: o Site o Ruins o o o o o o o Bi bl iog raphical References 0 District 0 Multi-Resource 0 Thematic Date of Photographs: I f 7(7 Views: Front 0 Side • Rear • Other 0 City Directories Biographical Encyclopedias Obituary Index County & City Histories Personal Interviews Newspapers Utah State Historical Society Library o o o o o o o Lot S. Demolition Date: o Preliminary Evaluation: • o o o i BI. LDS Church Archives LDS Genealogical Society U of U Library BYU Library USU Library SLC Library Other (books, articles, records , interviews, old photographs and maps, etc.): /2 5 w a: Arch itect/Bu i Ider: Building Type/Style: Building Materials: Description of physica appe ::J I- 0"'-17,,1- U w t: J: U a: <I: If '1..2,7 7.,t:;./; ,'J J2y..2J 3 6T//u/rtJlr v{/ q1 6 ~ o ~ J: Aboriginal Americans Agriculture Architecture The Arts Commerce 1 J:. 0 0 • 0 0 1< heA 6.<7 / / 17 '-'7"~41 I v'?:7cu Lf~ r-__ J~- /~;/' Communication Conservation Education Exploration / Settlement Industry 0 0 0 0 • Military Mining Minority Groups Political Recreation • 0 • 0 Religion Science Socio-Humanitarian Transportation ~j'~'l,r7/ /"-/%t/ ,(.-,1 t;-<~?/';:;',-.>/7';/ ~'~u/ f 'lt7 ~ h,,,,,L /'~. ~/"" '$F_~J~"J n / ; // {'v''?:! f ~~7 ~-/ /­ P 7 .l' q f Statement of Historical Significance: o 0 0 0 0 r Jd:["/./7 ance & significant architectural features : (Include additions, alterations , ancillary structures , and landscaping if appl icable) k,f 4. . S/-"jL J;{//"'-L L/fr,:!VJFJ;:r: 7 Ar ?/ ..t; / "/ /';c/7' Sevier County Historic .... --' - ~ Sites ---... . .__ ......... ...-.....:." . -- . _ ... ,----"_.. Mrs. Alvilda Anderson, 90, says, "The mock windows on the west side are just -mock masonry. They look like windows that have later been bricked in, but, they were made to look like that at the time the house was built. South view as of August 1970. The Original Building •• Meeting House School House Fort Started in 1864 \ Note the pioneer masonry - stones placed more than a century ago • • Still in public use -.---.......~...-.~~ 31 STATE OF UTAH DIVISION OF STATE HISTORY HISTORIC SITES SURVEY County SEVIER (Type or Print - Complete Applicable Sections) Salina's First Church and School House and/or Historic: rtit!-1.:~tijjN(?:?·:)·~/:{j))i~?kr})ii:)}~;P·;:N:'\::::(:(::::Yr(~>~·~·~·::;:~\\({~{/:\;<?::::rt@}/\\::>\J://\:)\((i!i;~Y~~~:/:,:'))(~(//{~:::-:':;i~:\:!:}~j Street and Number or Other Description of Location Fi~st East and Second South, Salina, Utah City, Town, or Township I State I UTAH CATEGORY (Check One) District Site 0 0 Object Building :u: StructureD 0 Code 43 I I County: OWNERSHIP ~ Public 0 0 Private Both I ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC STATUS Public Acquisition : In Process Being Considered ~ 0 Occupied 0 0 Code I Sevier Unoccupied Yes: 0 Restricted Preservation work in progress 0 - XW Unrestricted 0 No: PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Agricultural Commercial Educational Entertainment o o o o Government Industrial Military Museum 0 0 0 0 Park 0 0 Private Residence Religious Scientific Transportation Othe( (Sp-ecify) 0 0 0 0 Zoning (Specify) Com!'lents X[) Nort.h Sey; er Stake }'[eJ fare 0 and Bel; e f Societ.;y Center n . o c: :J < Owners Name: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Street and Number I City or Town: State· Sal t Lake City . Zip Code Utah I I Code r"~X::::'~~~lfi~i.f~~ft-w.Ji;)~.$~JP:tt"!(!Wif:Y:P>jHfP//.\Wt:~:)(:'i<X/.i:'/{}X$~}/:::~~:i?W?·:()j)D?})))W:()?{~:)·:.);!?W:Y.w)'«i:~i!{· Courthouse, Registry of Deeds, Etc: Sevier County Courthouse, Street and Number: Richfield, Utah C/l Zip Code City or Town: Approximate Acreage of Nominated Property: One city lot I Code I 43 i' ..3z • Title of Survey Records : Date of Survey : }larch 1970 Federal o State XIX! County o Locai Depository for Survey Records : Sevier County Chapter Utah State Historical Society ..oc; Street and Number: City of Town : Form HSS-1/69I3M ie~~-~~~-~~~y- State : Richfield 1 Utah Zip Code I Code 1 CONDITION Excellent Good Xl Fair (Check One) Altered 0 Unaltered INTEGRITY Describe the Present and Orginal (if known) Physical Appearance o (Check One) Deteriorated ill I o Moved Ruins 0 o (Check One) Unexposed 0 Original Site n SALINA. I S FIRST CHURCH AND SCHOOL 1-lork began on this building in Jarmary 1864, within days after the first settlers arrived. The north room, 32X23 feet, built solidly with rock from the quarry east of town, was built "up to the square ll before the early pioneers were compelled to evacuate because of Indian trouble. The south rooms were added and the roof and floors installed in le71 after the resettlement. The ne""Jer section is constructed with native brick. An early picture shows a large belfry apop the highest roof ridge. The bell from this steeple is now on display on the corner of the Salina First 10iard Chapel lot, a block north of this old site. The addition on the south side of the original rock Church extends 32 feet and has a south front of 42 feet. There is a 6 foot corner jutting out from the south west corner of the old rock section. Hrs. Alvilda S. Anderson, 90, a life long resident of Salina, said: liThe moci: windows on the west side are just that. They look like windows that have been bricked in, but they were made to look like that at the time the house was built." (At her home, Harch 26, 1970) E. v,T. Crane wrote in his life story "the alrm was given that a band of Indians were coming out of the east hills. 1r.Je rushed up from the cellar, me without my trousers, heard the shouting, saw them all bedecked with feathers and paint, riding toward town. All we children with our mothers, were rushed to the meeting house for protection. The walls were just up to the square. It had a dirt floor. '!tIe all remained in there that day and the men stood guard. The Indians drove av~y all the cattle and left the people destitute, without any means of transportation." "Thru The Years, 1947, page 378 .f\~/):$.f:~)It.eA$.J.~\!.;))(i.\·:·;·:\:/}J::.:!Hi!.:>?tt;·<·::~\(::j.:~:Hii(\i;~::\Hi!:ij)\.:.))ri:):·}:H\/}:\';{V:::::::·::::::/'::;/)U>/(?}/ii·i·i?).:~:)i"fii}~i):~::;}r··:/'::?=::::F':}·?).~ PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) Pre-Columbian 15th Century 0 0 16th Century 17th Century 0 0 18th Century 1st Otr. 0 2nd Otr.D SPECIFIC DATE(S) (1f Applicable and Known) 3rd Otr. 4th Otr. 0 0 Januarv 1861.J. - 19th Century 1st Otr. 2nd Otr. AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Aboriginal Prehistoric Historic Agriculture Architecture Art Commerce Communications Conservation 0 0 0 0 D 0 0 0 0 Education Engineering Industry Invention Landscape Architecture Litarature Military Music 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Political Religion/ Philosophy Science Sculpture Social/ Humanitarian Theater Transportation 0 0 1 R71 o :sc 3rd Otr. 0 20th Century 0 4th Otr. ~X _ 1 Q7() Urpan Planninll Other (Specify) o o o o 0 0 0 STATEMENT OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE (Include Builder/Architect. Orilinal & Subsequent Owners, Dates. Events. Etc.) This old Church, used also for school, has great significance in revealing the high ideals of those early pioneers Who thought first of survival and then of religious worship and education. As soon as crude dug-out shelters were made they turned to building a "meeting house", which, of course could provide a school room, and became of necessity a Fort, a place of protectio against the angered Indians. The Latter-day Saint pioneers came to this raw land to find a place to live and worship. This First "Neeting House" has a facinating story. Three men came upon Salina creek 17 October 1863, exploring. They returned the next January to colonize, Peter Rasmussen, Niels C. Rasmussen and Peter Sorenson By }'larch there were 20 families located there, digging dug-outs for homes, exploring the hills for fire wood and building timber. A near by rock ledge looked good for substantial building material. Immediately a site was chosen and stakes driven for a rock church 23 feet by 32 feet, outside. There were 24 dug-out homes, some rock lined but none built above ground. They got the walls "up to the s quare II , only a dirt floor, when Indian troubles forced them to leave the settlement in 1866. Five years later they returned. The sturdy rock walls were still intact, although much havoc had been done to the primitive homes and corrals which they had left. So, work was immediately resumed on the meeting house. Salina v.Iard was organized on May 2, 1864 with Peter Rasmussen the first Bishop. He became the Bishop when the settlers returned, and meetings were held at his home until the rock church was completed. It was the focal point for church, school, and social gatherings until another larger rock church was constructed in 1883 at the corner of ~~int St. and Center St. Anew face was built on the south, much larger than the original building which provided facilities for publid schools. Hrs. Al vi Ida S. Anderson, 90, life long resident of Salina: "H. N. Hayes came to Salina "men a very young man to teach school in this old church building. They divided the room into sections by drawing curtains. He built a small room in one corner and brought to Salina our first library. He taught physiology, and ventilation and diets, which some of the boys thought was nonsense." This building, now a century old, is presently used as Bishop's Storehouse and Relief Society Center for North Sevier Stake, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "Thru The Years", 1947, Centennial History of Sevier County _ Centennial Committee. Personal interviews - Mrs. Alvilda S. Anderson Gilbert H. Burr LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY ~------r-~--------------'---------------~ CORN.ER LATITUDE LONGITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds OR LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN ONE ACRE LONGITUDE LATITUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds NW 0 0 o NE 0 0 o o o SE 0 0 o o SW 0 0 0 0 LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES State : Code County : Code State : Code County : Code State : Code County : Code State: Code County : Code 1 Teem No. Irvin L. 1,ja rnock I Street and Number: Date March \1 1970 P.O. Box 1881 City or Town : Sigurd State: UTAH Sevier County Chapter of Utah State Historical Societv Incorporated 0 Non-profit 0 Code 43 OUTBUI L.DINGS : /VO (1e. COMMENTS : FL.OOR/AREA PL.ANS: o. N ...3t, 2.3 w ~ '-"'> It' ft: I I 7P~ c- 1f I ckq{'ci I I ~ I I J -...... - - - - - -- J {J> """ hi ~ (;) AJ~he ~ ~ ~ -SCi,M/ Addl r,tJl-f 2 ffj 501.111, '.' PHOTOGRAPHS ELEVATIONS : COMMENTS : DETAILS : COMMENTS: INTERIORS: COMMENTS: .' Sevier THE eL. County Historic Sites II (""c-I I ·, lei: Sr . / /I"Jh r"c",1 J.c "7~ 1'1!?~. RecK CH~CH. • • / rr t:, . {'I_/, I / !-"/ Salina's first Church and School House •• still standing and being used. Not as a meeting house nor as a school house, of course, but as North Sevier Stake Welfare Center and Relief Society room. , Her eyes sparkled with vivid memories as she spoke about this pioneer building, just a block north of her home. Mrs. Alvilda S. Anderson, 90, knew personally and intimately a great many of the stories of this historic spot. We enjoyed our visit with her, 26 March 1970. Work began on this public building in January 1864, within days after the first settlers arrived. They hauled roak from a great ledge of sandstone in the foothills east of town. An early picture of the building shows a belfry atop the highest roof ridge. The bell which once hung there is now on display in an especially built marker on the Salina First Ward Chapel lot, a block north of this old church • . Peter Rasmussen, one of the original pioneers of 1864, became the first Bishop of Salina, after the return of the settlers in 1871, when peace had been negotiated with the Indians. Niels C. Rasmussen and Peter Sorenson wel:e among the first twenty families; who came to this raw land in search of religious freedom. With pick and shovel they dug out "Dug-outs" in which to live until the land produced a living. An early map of Salina, prepared by E. W. Crane, shows the location of the "cellar homesll' But a meeting house, above ground, was a prime necessity. And they built to last, as shown by this Old Rock Church, now more than a century old. 30 The original room measures 32 X23 feet outside. The south addition adds another 42 feet - 32 feet wide. Small indeed compared with modern Chapel needs, but, pio~eer needs were met with pioneer materials. Mrs. Anderson said, "H. N. Hayes came to Salina when a very young man to teach school in this building. They divided the room into sections by drawing curtains. He made a small room in one corner and brought to Salina our first library. He taught physiology and ventilation, and diets, which some of the boys thought was nonsense". E. W. Crane wrote in his Life Story: liThe alarm was given that a band of Indians were coming out of the east hills. We rushed up from the cellar, me without my trousers, heard the shouting, saw them all bedecked with feathers and war paint, riding toward tOw;t. All we childrrn with our mothers were rushed to the meeting house for protection. The walls were just up to the square. We all remained in there that day and the men stood guard. The Indians drove away all the cattle and left the prople destitute, without any means of transportation. II Yes, these old walls could tell many, many stories - school discipline when hickory sticks were used; church gatherings when folks came in horse drawn buggies, or horse back; dances where there was sometimes a drunken fight; dedicated church officers ever striving for the high goals. Yes a whole book could be written. - Thanks to G. M. Burr, Salina, Utah Thanks to Alvilda Scortip Anderson, Salina t.lAj f,L., Ie