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Three Score and Ten in Retrospect
scrollwork, featuring commanding portraits of Joseph Smith, Hymm Smith, Brigham Young, Wilford Woodruff, and John Taylor, and with six brass lamps hanging from this elaborate ceiling," the beautiful tall stained glass windows, and the small rose window, all gave a positive aesthetic impression that had become part of the warm feeling carried almost unconsciously by Coalville people. The Tabernacle had first been threatened in the early 1940's. A 1944 compromise resulted in a remodeling of the interior which destroyed the original arrangement, but preserved the building itself. The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, Coalville Camp, placed an historical plaque in recognition of the building in January 1967. It was surveyed by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1968, with information concerning it recorded in the Library of Congress. In 1969, the Utah Heritage Foundation recommended its preservation to the Governor's Historic and Cultural Sites Review Committee, which listed it on the Utah State Register of Historic Sites and nominated it to the National Register as a Historic Place. In December 1970, it was announced that a decision had been made by the Summit Stake Presidency and the bishoprics of the Coalville Wards "following months of study." The building was to be razed "in the near future to make way for a new stake center to be built on its site." John discussed the tabernacle with Georgius Cannon, who wrote a letter to Bishop Vandenberg in January, 1971, expressing his continuing interest, as an architect, in Utah's early buildings and mentioning the work he had done in preserving the best of them. "Of all the old chapels which I have seen in Utah, I think Coalville is the finest.. . I know of no other building that has such beautiful work in its (interior) decoration." And "1 should like to hope that this decision (to tear down the tabernacle) might be reversed." In a Special to the Tribune which appeared June 1, 1 9 n , a Coalvile correspondent stated: "Memorial Day memories Sunday included the Coalville Tabernacle, as four bouquets were placed where the building once stood. 'There's no question they were put there by those who feel badly about the building being tom down,' said Harold Bullock, who lives across the street from the site." The Summit
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| Title | John S. Boyden: three score and ten in retrospect |
| Creator | Boyden, Orpha Amanda Sweeten |
| Subject | Boyden, John Sterling, 1906-1980; Democratic Party -- Utah; Coalville (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Life story of John S. Boyden, including his experiences in Coalville, Utah, law practice, participation in the Utah Democratic Party, family life, church involvement, and advocacy for Indians. |
| Source | Boyden |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1986 |
| Type | text |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Publisher | Southern Utah State College Press |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/boyden.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1144.cpd |
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