Pleasant Green Ward

Before the smelter, before the name Magna, this corner of the valley was Pleasant Green — farm and range country settled around 1850, so far from everything that Sunday meetings happened in front rooms. A branch was organized in 1877 under John Hirst, and that December the members met for the first time in a small adobe chapel on this site, forty feet by twenty-four, which did weekday duty as the public school. Full ward status came in 1882 under Levi Hardman; a larger chapel followed in 1897. The congregation outlived the town's old name.

What the plaque says

Settlers came to this part of the valley around 1850 to farm and stock range. It was known as Pleasant Green and was part of the Brighton Ward of the Salt Lake Stake. Traveling so far to meetings presented a problem, so members met in private homes. The Pleasant Green Branch was organized July 29, 1877, with John Hirst as presiding elder. A small adobe chapel, 40 feet by 24 feet, was built on this site, and the first meeting was held December 30, 1877. The building also served as a public school. Hirst died September 7, 1878, and Levi Nephi Hardman became presiding elder. The Pleasant Green Ward was organized October 1, 1882, with Hardman as the first bishop. The ward also included the Hunter Precinct within its boundaries. A much larger chapel, 60 feet by 30 feet, was built in 1897, with Hiram T. Spencer as bishop. Later the small adobe chapel was dismantled. In 1898 the ward had 70 families with 340 members. In 1904 the ward became part of Pioneer Stake. An amusement hall with spring wooden floor was begun in 1912. Oquirrh Stake was organized from Pioneer Stake in 1923, and this building also served as its stake house for thirty-two years. In 1961 a new building was completed, and this building was no longer used by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Pleasant Green is the mother ward of all the wards in this area.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Saltair — 3.2 mi
  A haunting lakeside resort with a storied past
• International Peace Gardens — 9.1 mi
  A hidden garden where 28 countries are represented in miniature
• Temple Square — 12 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City
• Salt Lake City — 12 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.

More markers nearby

• Magna Community Baptist Church — 0.4 mi
• Early Magna Settlements — 2.0 mi
• Relief Society Granary — 2.0 mi
• A Struggle for Water, west of the Jordan River — 5.3 mi