Springville Presbyterian Church

Springville's Presbyterians came to teach as much as to preach. The Reverend George Leonard founded a church and mission school here in 1877, and beside it rose the Hungerford Academy — for years the only school in town offering an education from the early grades through high school, open to families of every faith. This church, built in 1892 next to the academy, is a graceful piece of late Gothic Revival with a Romanesque bell tower, its original stained glass still in place. It has held Presbyterian worship without a break ever since.

What the plaque says

In 1877 the Rev. George Leonard established a Presbyterian Church and Mission School in Springville. In 1892-1893, this church was built just south of the Presbyterian Hungerford Academy, the only school then providing education from elementary grades through high school for all denominations. This church is an example of the late Gothic Revival Style with a Romanesque Revival bell tower. The stained glass windows are part of the original structure. This building has served as a Presbyterian Church continuously since its construction.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Bridal Veil Falls — 12 mi
  A dramatic double waterfall cascading 607 feet into Provo Canyon
• Thistle Landslide — 12 mi
  The ruins of a town destroyed by a massive landslide in 1983
• Sundance Mountain Resort — 16 mi
  Robert Redford's intimate, arts-minded ski resort on the slopes of Mount Timpanogos, in the North Fork of Provo Canyon.
• Aspen Grove — 17 mi
  The mountain-base trailhead for Mount Timpanogos and Stewart Falls

More markers nearby

• Springville High School Art Gallery — steps away
• The Pioneer Mother — 0.3 mi
• Springville's First Camp Site — 0.6 mi
• First Mills in Utah County — 1.3 mi