The first seminary was established at Granite High School in Salt Lake City. It hasn't been standing for decades, but they actually did salvage a brick from this building and put it in a case in the entryway of the seminary building that replaced it (at 3328 S 500 E in Salt Lake). Now that Granite High School is closed, the building is used for offices only, I believe.
Few other historic seminary buildings exist; most have been replaced. A few have been sold or repurposed. One prominent example is the original seminary building for Springville High School, which is now a family history center. I believe it dates to about 1912.
Another example is the Bear River Seminary (located in Garland, Utah), which has been sold and is used as an academy. It was built in 1924:
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A reader alerted me to the old seminary building in Vernal, Utah. It was built in 1937. The Church now uses it as a distribution center:
There are a few others I'm aware of, such as at Grace and Paris, Idaho. You just don't see very many historic seminaries and institutes; they weren't built in as big of numbers as meetinghouses or tabernacles.
Vernal, UT, has a histric seminary by what is now the middle school. It's now used as a distribution center and facilities offices.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know about this one; it's lovely! I'll add it to the post. Thanks!
DeleteThere is an old one Blackfoot Idaho that is now used as a lawyer office.
ReplyDeleteThere is also an old one in Hyrum, UT that is a private residence and another in Preston, ID thats used as the school districts office.
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