Logan Community Center

In the winter of 1865–66, the Logan Fifth Ward built itself a hall — one room, sixteen by twenty feet — that had to be everything at once: church, schoolhouse, and dance hall. The whole ward pitched in to raise it, down to the schoolboys who helped the men haul logs out of Green Canyon, and a man named William Cole taught the first classes inside. It was a humble building, but the marker calls it what it truly was: a symbol of the pooled, cooperative labor that built the Mormon towns of the valley.

What the plaque says

Thirty feet east of this spot was built, in the winter of 1865-1866, under the leadership of Benget P. Woolfenstein, the first community center of the Logan Fifth Ward. Consisting of but one room, 16 by 20 feet. It served, nevertheless, as church building, amusement hall, and school house. William G. Cole being the first teacher. At that early date, eager for religious, social, and educational growth, the ward united upon the project. Even boys of school age helped men with teams get the logs from Green Canyon. Others laid them into the building that rose. A humble symbol of the cooperative spirit of the Mormon Pioneer. - To commemorate that enterprise this monument was erected by the Scout Explorers, Troop 105, of the Logan Fifth Ward. John Q. Adams and Dan A. Swenson ward committee, Henry K. Aebischer troop leader. The Original key, affixed to a stone from the foundation of the old house, has been made part of this marker.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Logan — 0.6 mi
  A vibrant college town tucked into a stunning mountain valley
• American West Heritage Center — 3.9 mi
  A living history farm spanning 160 acres of Cache Valley
• Hyrum State Park — 7.5 mi
  A family-friendly reservoir at the mouth of Blacksmith Fork Canyon
• Wind Cave Trail — 8.6 mi
  A short hike to a triple-arched limestone cave overlooking the canyon

More markers nearby

• USU Old Main — 0.5 mi
• Cache County Veterans Killed in Action Monument — 0.7 mi
• Cache County Courthouse — 0.7 mi
• Birthplace of Pioneer Pilot Russell L. Maughan — 0.7 mi