Primary Organized & Farmington Meeting House

This Farmington rock chapel — built in 1862–63 by the labor of every man in town and dedicated by Wilford Woodruff — holds a first in it. On August 11, 1878, a Farmington woman named Aurelia Spencer Rogers organized here the Latter-day Saint Primary Association, a program to teach and look after the community's children; 224 of them came to the first meeting two weeks later. The Primary grew into a worldwide organization for children in the church, and it began in this stone building, with one woman's idea for the young.

What the plaque says

Primary Association Organized The L.D.S. Primary Association, conceived by Aurelia Spencer Rogers, to foster cultural physical and spiritual activity in children, was organized in this building Aug. 11, 1878. Aurelia S. Rogers, President; Louisa Haight, Helen Mar C. Miller, Counselors; Rhoda Foss Richards, Sec'y; John W. Hess, Bishop. 224 children enrolled at 1st. meeting Aug. 25, 1878. Farmington Meeting House Erected 1862-63, every man in Farmington assisting. John W. Hess, Bishop; Arthur Stayner and Job Welling, Counselors; Dedicated by President Wilford Woodruff, Jan. 9, 1864. Davis County Camps

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Lagoon Amusement Park — 0.4 mi
  A beloved family amusement park operating since 1886
• Hill Aerospace Museum — 9.8 mi
  Over 90 military aircraft displayed indoors and on the tarmac
• Ensign Peak — 13 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley
• Salt Lake City — 15 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.

More markers nearby

• Pioneer Cabin — steps away
• Civil War Cannon — steps away
• Honoring Builders of Salt Lake Temple — steps away
• Honoring the Builders of the Salt Lake Temple — 0.2 mi