Snow Academy Building

Snow College began in a co-op's upper floor in 1888; this building is where it grew up. Raised in stages between 1889 and 1908, it was the first permanent home of Snow Academy — one of eleven schools the Mormon church founded across Utah — and Ephraim built most of it themselves, donating nearly three-quarters of the $56,000 cost in labor and means. As the school expanded it became the administration hall, later renamed the Noyes Building for an early principal. It still stands on the Snow College campus, the seed of the school made solid.

What the plaque says

Constructed between 1889 and 1908, this building was the first permanent home of Snow Academy which in 1923 became Snow College. The school was founded in 1888 as the Sanpete Stake Academy and was one of the eleven academies established by the Mormon Church in Utah during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Almost three fourths of the total construction cost of $56,000 was provided by local donations of labor and means; the balance came from the Church. The building serves as a monument to the determination and sacrifice demonstrated by its pioneer builders. This building originally housed all the functions of the school. As the school grew the building came to be known as the Administration Building and then the Noyes Building in honor of Newton E. Noyes, who served as principal at the time of construction, and later as president for a combined period of twenty nine years (1892-1921).

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Ephraim — steps away
  Utah's Little Denmark and the home of Snow College
• Ephraim Co-op — 0.2 mi
  The 1871 cooperative store that outlived the economy it was built to replace
• Manti Temple — 7.0 mi
  A striking pioneer-era temple crowning a hilltop above the Sanpete Valley
• Manti — 7.3 mi
  Sanpete's first settlement, crowned by an 1888 oolite temple

More markers nearby

• Ephraim Settlement — steps away
• Ephraim Co-op Building — 0.2 mi
• Fort Ephraim Peace Treaty — 0.3 mi
• Ephraim Carnegie Library — 0.3 mi