Paradise Tithing Office

This little brick office belongs to a vanishing architectural species. Latter-day Saint towns once built tithing offices by the dozen, but few took the temple form — a compact Greek Revival box with the gable end turned to the street like a miniature temple front. The Paradise office is among the best-preserved anywhere. Built in 1901–02, it went up in red brick fired at one of Cache Valley's first brickyards, over in nearby Hyrum. Its quality earned it a place on the National Register in 1985, a modest building outliving the economy that raised it.

What the plaque says

Built in 1901-02 using red brick manufactured in the nearby town of Hyrum at one of the first brickyards in Cache Valley. This building was listed in the Utah State Register of Historic Sites on January 12, 1972, and the National Register of Historic Places on January 25, 1985. The Paradise Tithing Office is one of the best-preserved examples of the few temple form, Greek Revival style tithing offices that were built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Hyrum State Park — 4.5 mi
  A family-friendly reservoir at the mouth of Blacksmith Fork Canyon
• Wellsville Mountains — 7.3 mi
  The steepest mountains in North America for their height
• Logan — 11 mi
  A vibrant college town tucked into a stunning mountain valley
• Powder Mountain — 13 mi
  The largest ski resort in the United States by acreage — a famously uncrowded "PowMow" now remaking itself under Netflix's Reed Hastings.

More markers nearby

• Hyrum First Ward Building — 4.2 mi
• The Great Fur Cache — 4.6 mi
• Hyrum Pioneers — 4.6 mi
• Camp Hollow (2) — 5.1 mi