First Public Building

Before the forts and the rock halls, there was one log room. In 1851 Alpine's settlers built their first meeting-and-school house just north of here — a small structure with a roof of split logs and dirt, benches hewn from logs, and a fireplace of granite. A building committee of Charles Peterson, Roswell Stevens, and Morris Phelps saw it up. When the fort walls rose in 1854, the little building was simply moved into the northwest corner. It served the town for church and school until the rock meetinghouse replaced it in 1863.

What the plaque says

Three rods north of this site the settlers built their first meeting and school house in 1851, a small log structure with roof of split logs and dirt, log benches and a fireplace of granite. Charles S. Peterson, Roswell Stevens and Morris Phelps, building committee. An L.D.S. Ward was organized Sept. 18, 1852, Isaac Houston, Bishop. In 1854 a fort was erected and the building moved into the N.W. corner. In 1863 a rock meeting house 21′ x 32′ was built on the Public Square which served for church and civic purposes until 1872, Thomas J. McCullough, Bishop.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Timpanogos Cave National Monument — 3.7 mi
  Three spectacularly decorated caves connected by hand-carved tunnels
• Lehi Roller Mills — 6.2 mi
  The flour mill from the movie Footloose
• Alpine Loop Summit — 8.7 mi
  The 8,000-foot high point of the Alpine Loop, face to face with Mount Timpanogos
• Aspen Grove — 9.7 mi
  The mountain-base trailhead for Mount Timpanogos and Stewart Falls

More markers nearby

• Alpine Cemetery Veterans Memorial — steps away
• The Old Red Schoolhouse (2) Markers — 0.3 mi
• Alpine — 0.5 mi
• Alpine Pioneer Relic Hall — 0.5 mi