Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Dec. 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Idaho
COUNTY: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Bear Lake INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY
(Type all entries — complete applicable sections) liiiiiiii COMMON: Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle AND/OR HISTORIC:
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CATEGORY ACCESSIBLE OWNERSHIP STATUSCTATIIC (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC Z District Building [X| Public Public Acquisition: Occupied 52 Yes: O Site Structure Private In Process Unoccupied D Restricted Q Being Considered Preservation work Unrestricted [X| Object in progress G No . (— | u PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) ID Agricultural [ | Government [ | Park I | Transportation [ | Comments I f Commercial Q Industrial I I Private Residence | | Other (Specify) Educational [ | Military |X] Religious Q Entertainment [ | Museum G Scientific Q
OWNERS NAME: Congregation
LLJ STREET AND NUMBER: LJJ Main Street to CITY OR TOWN: Paris Idaho 16
COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Bear Lake County Courthouse daho
STREET AND NUMBER:
CITY OR TOWN: Paris Idaho
APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY: less than 1 acre
TITLE OF SURVEY:
DATE OF SURVEY: Federal State County Local Q -pi DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: c> 430 STREET AND NUMBER:
CITY OR TOWN: (Check One) CONDITION Excellent 1*1 Good C Fair | ~| Deteriorated [~| Ruins n Unexposed D (Check One) (Check One) INTEGRITY Altered n Unaltered [1 Moved Q Original Site |X| DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL, (if known) PHYSICAL. APPEARANCE
The Mormon Tabernacle of Bear Lake Stake in Paris, Idaho, is in the Romanesque revival style. It was designed by architect Joseph Don Carlos Young of Salt Lake City, a son of Brigham Young, and constructed under the supervision of Thomas G. of Logan, Utah. *
Materials for the imposing Victorian structure, with its six- story bell tower, were gathered from the surrounding countryside, Red sandstone, the principal material, was quarried in Indian Creek Canyon, eighteen miles away, and hauled around the lake by horse and ox teams. In winter, much of the stone was sledded across the ice of Bear Lake. The stone cutting and carving were m done by a,family of Swiss masons, recently arrived in Utah. rn Jacob Tueller and his three sons moved to Paris to work on the tabernacle, and starting in 1884, devoted four years to the project.
All of the wood used in the structure, including the shingles, H was cut in the canyons nearby. Most of the work was done by TO the Mormon settlers themselves, each contributing his own skill. C A number of fine craftsmen in wood shaped the interior detail; expecially noteworthy is the work of James, Nye on the pulpit n and choir ceiling. Overall dimensions are 127'6" x 73'4". H
The building is in excellent condition and has not been altered since its dedication, September 15, 1889.
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SPECIFIC DATE(S) (7f Applicable and Known)_____September 15, 1889
AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Abor iginal Education [ | Political Urban Planning a Prehistoric | | Engineering | | Religion/Phi Other (Specify) Historic Q Industry | | losophy s Architectural Agriculture | | Invention | | Science a Art D Landscape Sculpture a Commerce | | Architecture | | Social/Human Communications [ | Literature || itarian a Conservation ( | Military Q Theater a Music PI Transportation [ |
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE (Include Personages, Dates, Events, Etc.)
A Mormon Stake includes a group of local church congregations z (known as wards), and in many areas of the Mormon intermountain o west, stake tabernacles are regional community ^entres. (The Salt Lake tabernacle in Temple Square is the best known of H" these.) u Paris, the earliest of the Bear Lake Mormon settlements, was ID established September 26, 1863, and a number of other Mormon towns followed in the summer of 1864. Increased population in the valley led to formation of the Bear Lake Stake of Zion, June 20, 1869. Brigham Yoi/ng and a number of Mormon apostles oo came up for the occasion. A general reorganization of the Z stake, August 25-26, 1877, preceded the building of the tabernacle after 1884. Aside from its regional community LJLJ importance, this tabernacle is of unusual architectual interest. UJ History of Bear Lake Pioneers, compile*d by E.P. Haddock and D.H. Matthews , ed. F. Ross Peterson, E.P. Haddock and D.H. Matthews-Daughters3 of Utah Pioneers, Bear Lake County. Rich, Russell R. , Land of the Sky-Blu<5 Water. Brigham Young Unr\fersity Press, 1963.
LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES r . LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY ' DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY > OF LESS THAN ONE ACRE 1 CORNER LATITUDE LONGITUDE LATITUDE LO NGI TUDE Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees 1 Minutes Seconds NW ° ° 42° 13' 40" 111° 24' 17' NE ° ° SE ° ° SW oi. o . »
LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES
STATE: . CODE COUNTY CODE Idaho • , r Bear Lake lo 007 STATE: CODE COUNTY: CODE
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NAME AND Tl TLE: Arthur A. Hart, Director
ORGANIZATION DATE Idaho State Historical Museum Feb . 24, 1972 STREET AND NUMBER: 610 North Julia Davis Drive
CITY OR TOWN: STATE CODE Boise Idaho 16 i^i^ii^iiiiiiii^^iiMKiiii^i^^^i^
As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law National Register. 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set (Jj^M^j{*$l.f forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation level of significance of this nomination is: National Q State [2? Local Q i i U Date wrni^/ f »™ /Trt/Ujtf dleJ^L^ ATTEST: /^^jh
State Liaison Officer s / \/ / si Title ^ fij.L *y£;£9^O£eeper of The Rational Register February 24, 1972 Date Date ^ ' ^( 6/f 2-— ' Form 10-301 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Dec. 1968) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Idaho NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Bear Lake
PROPERTY MAP FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER GO (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with map) 2 O Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle
STREET AND NUM BER: Main Street
TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundaries where required, 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. PARIS QUADRANGLE IDAHO-BEAR LAKE CO. • 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) MONTP£U£R 8 Ml. OVID (IDAHO 36) 2.S Ml. f 467
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NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM (Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph)
Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle AND/OR HISTORIC: ^LOCATION u STREET AND NUMBER: Main Street U\'\ REG/STERRATIONAL /N#y CITY OR TOWN: Paris ^TjTfmo^^ STATE: CO DE COUNTY: "~~--ii_!_)—— y^ CODE «/» Idaho i 6 Bear Lake 007 if'O REFERENCE PHOTO CREDI T: Idaho State Historical Society 1972 EGATIVE FILED AT: Idaho State Historical Society
DESCRIBE VIEW, DIRECTION, ETC.
Looking north at the southwest side
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