Elsinore White Rock Church

Little Denmark built its landmark out of white limestone. Elsinore's Danish craftsmen raised the White Rock between 1896 and 1898 — stone hauled by wagon from a quarry twelve miles out, one load a day for most freighters and two for N. P. Anderson — with masonry by John Marinus Johnson and his sons of remarkable quality. It taught the town's children until 1958, then became the town hall, surviving a fire midway through its restoration in 1977. In 1980 a ten-year-old named Jason Hardman opened a library in the basement, becoming America's youngest librarian.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Big Rock Candy Mountain — 8.5 mi
  The real mountain that inspired the famous hobo folk song
• Fremont Indian State Park — 12 mi
  The largest known Fremont Indian village ever discovered
• Fishlake National Forest — 24 mi
  Home to Pando — the largest living organism on Earth
• Cove Fort — 24 mi
  A beautifully restored 1867 pioneer fort at the crossroads of two interstates

More markers nearby

• Elsinore Pioneers — steps away
• Fort Alma — 3.7 mi
• Camp Alma Relic Hall — 3.8 mi
• Monroe Pioneers/Old Fort — 3.9 mi