Wellsville Tabernacle: Details

The chapel has an old cry room at the back:

The pulpit appears to be original to the building:

The large, painted glass windows are really beautiful. Several panes had holes, which invites other problems, but it appears they are actively working to fix them.

Wellsville Tabernacle: Interior

It's been a long time since I posted about the Wellsville Tabernacle. Ground was broken on the tabernacle in 1903. The building was sold by the Church to the city in 1979, but in the 1990s, the city felt the upkeep was too much to handle. In 1994, the Wellsville Foundation was formed, and they still actively work to preserve the tabernacle. In the mid-2000s, they found structural problems and they had to close the building. They were recently able to raise $150,000 to secure the structure, which was completed in 2020. It's nice to have a success story.

They are now working on doing plumbing, HVAC, and other updates on the building. This was the first time I was able to document the building's interior. They anticipate that it will be usable again in Spring 2023.

The chapel interior is a square floor plan, with the pulpit being at one corner of the building, and an alcove on one wall. Nearby Clarkston's building has a similar floorplan, which makes me wonder if they copied this one in some ways.

Here's a panoramic view from behind the pulpit:

Looking from the pulpit over the pews:

 

  The building does need some work, but fortunately, it's mostly cosmetic at this point.

Fremont Ward

Fremont is a remote town in Wayne County, Utah. This chapel was built in 1907.

(Image Source: Church History Library)

Fortunately, it has been well preserved and is now owned by the local Daughters of the Utah Pioneers organization: