Wasatch Stake Tabernacle

Abram Hatch, who ran so much of early Heber, superintended this one too: the red-sandstone tabernacle the town's Latter-day Saints raised between 1887 and 1889, quarrying the stone from the mountains east of the valley and building it entirely by donated labor. It seated fifteen hundred and served the Wasatch Stake for generations. When church leaders moved to demolish it in the 1960s, a local petition and statewide outcry saved it; Heber City bought the building in 1980. It stands today as the city's tabernacle and offices, its bell still rung on occasion.

What the plaque says

Built 1887-1889 Alexander Fortie Jr., Architect Construction supervised by Abram Hatch Interior remodeled 1930-1931

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Heber Valley Railroad — steps away
  A vintage steam train ride through a stunning mountain valley
• Midway — 3.1 mi
  A Swiss-inspired village with a geothermal crater you can snorkel in
• Homestead Crater — 3.6 mi
  A hidden geothermal spring inside a 55-foot limestone dome
• Jordanelle State Park — 6.3 mi
  A sapphire reservoir nestled between the Wasatch and Uinta mountains

More markers nearby

• Indian Peace Treaty — steps away
• Abram Hatch Home — steps away
• Peace Treaty- Blackhawk War — 0.2 mi
• The Old Fort — 0.5 mi