The Church has built many buildings besides chapels throughout its history--relief society halls, schools and seminaries, and even separate cultural halls (see, for example, the Harold B. Lee Hall in Salt Lake). One example of a separate recreation/cultural hall is in the small town of Teasdale. It was originally known as the "dance hall."
It has a very unique design. It was built in 1918. You can see there have been a couple of additions--the one on the left is a small lobby that houses artifacts; the one on the right is a kitchen and restrooms. The rest of the building is a recreation hall (with a basketball court).
Here's a peek at the lobby on the west side:
The Church put the hall up for sale in 2017. An interim buyer purchased it, and now the Teasdale Historical Society is raising funds to preserve and restore the building.
I had visa problems at the beginning of my mission and spent nearly three months in the Ogden mission in 1994. I was surprised to find that the church had built a stand-alone cultural hall for the Mound Fort Stake next to the Marriott/Slaterville Wards chapel - in the 1980s! I had thought such buildings were relics of the past. The building contains a "cultural" hall (aka basketball court), restrooms, and a small room with a baptismal font. I know that Stake has since gotten a new Stake center, so I don't know what purpose the building serves now. I just assumed before that the church had not built anything like that since the early 1900s. https://www.google.com/maps/@41.249786,-112.077151,3a,58.1y,189.11h,93.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7riW1Az1JPHeRlnfkHUkpQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
ReplyDeleteI'm familiar with a few--this one, that one in Ogden, one in Rose Park, and one in west Salt Lake (Harold B. Lee Hall). I'm sure there are more!
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