First Relief Society Hall

The women of Santaquin built their hall and furnished it with their own hands. Raised in 1882 under their president, Elizabeth Stickney, the one-room building measured twenty by thirty feet, its walls of red clay brick fired by Joseph Chatwin. Inside, nearly everything was homemade: carpet the women had woven, benches and chairs cut from native lumber, a potbellied stove, an organ, and, at one end, a stage hung with curtains. It served them sixty years before the city bought it in 1942 for a public library. The old hall finally collapsed in 1963, worn out by long use.

What the plaque says

In 1882, on this site, a Relief Society building was erected under the leadership of Elizabeth J. Stickney, President. It was a one room structure, 20 x 30 feet in size, built of red clay brick made by Joseph Chatwin. The interior was furnished with homemade carpet, a pot belly stove, chairs and benches made of native lumber, an organ and a small table. At one end was a stage with curtains. July 10, 1942, the building was sold to the city for a public library and was later known as the civic center. It toppled to the ground in May, 1963. This old fort and school bell served the community until 1917. It rang for school, alarms, and special events.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Payson Lakes — 7.9 mi
  Three alpine lakes in the pines, twelve miles up Payson Canyon
• Nebo Loop Summit — 9.5 mi
  The byway's 9,300-foot high point, with Utah Valley spread out below
• Mount Nebo — 11 mi
  At 11,928 feet, the highest and southernmost peak in the Wasatch Range
• Devil's Kitchen — 13 mi
  A pocket of red-rock hoodoos high in the green Wasatch — a "little Bryce Canyon"

More markers nearby

• Santaquin — steps away
• Southern Utah Valley — 0.2 mi
• Spring Lake Villa — 2.5 mi
• Black Hawk - Ute Indian Chief — 2.8 mi