First Sunday School in the Rocky Moutains

The first Sunday School in the Rocky Mountains met in a private home. On December 9, 1849 — with Salt Lake City barely two years old — Richard Ballantyne, a Scottish convert and schoolteacher, gathered the neighborhood's children into a room he had built onto his own house to teach them. From that modest start grew the Latter-day Saint Sunday School, which would become a fixture of the church across the world. This marker stands where Ballantyne opened his door to the valley's children.

What the plaque says

Home of the First Sunday School held in Salt Lake City December 9, 1849

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Temple Square — 0.6 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City
• Salt Lake City — 0.6 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.
• Liberty Park — 1.7 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882
• Ensign Peak — 2.0 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley

More markers nearby

• Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church — steps away
• Greek War Veterans Monument — steps away
• Utah Heritage Foundation honors Gastronomy — 0.2 mi
• Eagle Club Building — 0.2 mi