Cache Co. Relic Hall

This sturdy stone building has been three things. Hezekiah Thatcher raised it in 1861 as a barn — livestock stabled below, hay and carriages above — from rock his crew quarried up Green Canyon, roofed with handmade shingles. Later it served as a schoolhouse for Brigham Young College; and when that school closed in 1926, the church gave the old building over to the Cache County Daughters of Utah Pioneers, who made it their relic hall. Barn, schoolhouse, museum — it has sheltered the valley's animals, its children, and its memory in turn.

What the plaque says

Erected in 1861 by Hezekiah Thatcher, assisted by Robert Crookston, Robert Murdock and John Hill, who quarried the building stones in Green Canyon and place them in these walls, hand made shingles covered the roof, the building was originally used as a barn. The lower portion as a livestock stable, and the upper portion as hay loft and carriage room. It was later used as one of the school buildings of the Brigham Young College. In 1926 when the B.Y.C. closed the church leased it to Cache County Company Daughters of Utah Pioneers. It was dedicated for their use on June 16, 1927. Cache County Company. LEST WE FORGET

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Logan — 0.5 mi
  A vibrant college town tucked into a stunning mountain valley
• American West Heritage Center — 4.8 mi
  A living history farm spanning 160 acres of Cache Valley
• Hyrum State Park — 6.6 mi
  A family-friendly reservoir at the mouth of Blacksmith Fork Canyon
• Wellsville Mountains — 8.8 mi
  The steepest mountains in North America for their height

More markers nearby

• Lyric Theatre — steps away
• Cache Valley — 0.3 mi
• Logan Temple Marker — 0.3 mi
• Pioneer Mills of Cache County — 0.3 mi