In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , a tabernacle is a multipurpose religious building, used for church services and conferences, and as community centers. Tabernacles were typically built as endeavors of multiple congregations (termed wards or branches ), usually at the stake level. They differ from meetinghouses in scale and differ from temples in purpose.
7-648: The Weber Stake Tabernacle , later known as the Ogden Pioneer Tabernacle , was a tabernacle belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The tabernacle was constructed by Latter-day Saints in Ogden , Utah during the 1850s. The building stood for over one-hundred years, until it was razed in 1971 to make way for the Ogden Utah Temple . The Weber Stake of
14-589: Is in Salt Lake City on Temple Square . The last tabernacle commissioned by the church was the Ogden Stake Tabernacle, built in 1956. While some tabernacles are still used for a few ecclesiastical and community cultural activities, stake centers are now normally used in their place. Many tabernacles have been demolished, sold, or renovated, with two repurposed into temples ( Vernal Utah Temple , Provo City Center Temple ). Prior to 2000,
21-535: The LDS Church was created in 1851, to serve as an administrative unit for various ward congregations in the area. For all the members to meet together, they needed a large meeting hall, and it was decided to build a tabernacle. William N. Fife was chosen as the architect and construction on the building began in 1855. Complications due to the Utah War slowed progress on the building, and the incomplete building
28-428: Was constructed on the square. Besides stake conferences, the tabernacle would house some classes for Weber Stake Academy . On May 12, 1884 ground was broken for a new tabernacle; this new tabernacle would be similar to the second Provo Tabernacle . Work was suspended on the new project not long after the foundation was laid, but was resurrected in 1905, only to be suspended again; this time permanently. The tabernacle
35-601: Was remodeled by adding cupolas, new decorative entrances, and a semi-circle rear addition in 1896, and continued to serve as stake tabernacle until 1956 when a new tabernacle for the Ogden Stake was completed and dedicated. The old tabernacle was for a time abandoned, and then used as the local genealogical library for the Ogden Branch of the Genealogical Society of Utah from 1966 to 1971. The tabernacle
42-683: Was torn down beginning in August 1971 to allow landscaping to be completed prior to the open house of the Ogden Utah Temple . Tabernacle (LDS Church) There were 79 total tabernacles built during the mid-to-late nineteenth and early twentieth century, usually within areas of the Mormon Corridor near the Rocky Mountains in North America that had predominantly Latter-day Saint populations. The largest such tabernacle
49-699: Was used as a meeting place by the Ogden division of the Utah Territorial Militia during that period. The building was eventually finished and was dedicated October 10, 1859. The block upon which the tabernacle was built became known as Tabernacle Square; the Ogden Third Ward would later construct its chapel and amusement hall on the southwest corner of the square, and in 1902 the Ogden Stake Relief Society Hall
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