An early view with the tower intact and the originalPioneer Tabernacle still visible on the left
The interior view from near where we usually sat
The stand, podium, and organ, now gone
Fire fighters trying to extinguish the fire
This is how it looked this morning in the rain --it felt like the heavens were weeping
My greatest fear, as I mentioned, is that the church won't have the will to rebuild it. Following is a photo of the Summit Stake Tabernacle demolished in 1971 during the night (to prevent preservationists from interfering). It was demolished to make way for a new and more functional church building. I fear the same fate for our tabernacle, though hopefully President Hinckley left a strong legacy of preservation.
Summit Stake Tabernacle in Coalville
The building that replaced itThis all makes me very sad.
That's all for now.
OXO
D.
5 comments:
This is very very very sad... I hope that the church can get in touch with its "geneology" and sense of history and restore the beautiful tabernacle to its original glory.
sniff, sigh, sniff
Mom
That does make me very sad. It was a beautiful building and I, too, enjoyed several Stake Conferences there. It will be missed.
It is too bad that there will be no more peepeeing on the conference. I hope they will resore ot to it's formrt glory witha bit more leg room and a lovely central heating and a/c system. I wouldn't say no to padded seats either.
I second Em's suggestions.
I do hope they restore it. And that is pretty dang tragic about Coalville! Why didn't they leave it and just build the ugly building near it???? No sense of history. (I miss President Hinckley).
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