First Millcreek Ward Chapel

Millcreek's Latter-day Saints began their first chapel in February 1866, under builder Ruben G. Miller — a sturdy box of adobe on a sandstone footing, sand-plastered and painted to mimic cut stone. Inside it stayed frontier-plain: worshippers sat on bare planks laid over sawn logs, lit by kerosene lamps and warmed by a single sheet-iron stove. Wilford Woodruff dedicated the finished building in 1876, a full decade after the first shovel. Nothing of it survives today — the plaque came down around 2022, and condominiums now cover the ground.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• International Peace Gardens — 3.6 mi
  A hidden garden where 28 countries are represented in miniature
• Gilgal Sculpture Garden — 3.9 mi
  A surreal and eccentric sculpture garden hidden in a residential neighborhood
• Liberty Park — 4.0 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882
• This Is The Place Heritage Park — 5.5 mi
  A living history village at the mouth of Emigration Canyon

More markers nearby

• Old Brickyard Chimney — 1.4 mi
• Welsh Settlement — 2.0 mi
• Archibalt Gardner Mill — 2.3 mi
• Carlisle Family Historical Marker — 2.5 mi