Emery Latter-Day Saints Church, Northeast corner of Block 23, Emery

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The Emery Church, the first ecclesiastical building to be erected in the town of Emery since its settlement in the was completed in Its wood frame construction, covered with novelty siding and lined with a wall of adobe, is very unusual for a Mormon Church at the turn of the century. PART I. HISTORICAL INFORMATION A. Physical History: 1. Date of erection: 2. Architect: Not known. 3. Original and subsequent owners: The Emery Church is built on lot 4 of Block 23, Northeast Quarter of Section 9 of the Emery Townsite. The following references to the title of this lot are found in the Emery County Recorder's Office, Emery County Courthouse, Caste Dale, Utah: Deed, signed November 7, filed February 23, recorded in book B, page William G.

Pettey bought from Herbert Savage, Probate Judge, all of lots 3 and 4 for Deed, signed June 2, filed June 12, recorded in Book B3, page Emery Ward Bishop bought from William G. Pettey part of lot 1 and all of lots 3 and 4 for Deed, signed January 3, filed January 4, recorded in Book A3, page Emery Corporation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought from Emery Ward Bishop Alonzo Brinkerhoff part of lot 1 and all of lots 3 and 4 for $1. Deed, signed January 18, filed February 8, recorded in Book 54, page 80. Emery Town bought from the Emery Latter-day Saints Church all of lot 4 in exchange for another tract of land. EMERY LATTER-DAY SAINTS CHURCH HABS No. UT-96 (Page 2) 4.

Original plans, construction: The Emery Church is a wood frame structure sheathed in novelty siding and lined with a 12" thick non-load-bearing wall of adobe. The belfry on the tower on the east front is covered with a Mansard roof and metal and wood railing. The north and south sides contain central projecting bays with side entrances and transom lights. A small office, originally serving as the presiding Bishop's office, projects from the west end. The wall thickness of this projection is less than the main walls of the church. The interior space contains a long meeting hall with a stage or speaker's stand opposite the main entry. A door in the west wall of the stage leads into the Bishop's office.

The entire nave space is well illuminated with four tall double-hung windows on both sides of the hall, 5* Alterations and additions: A portion of the stage and speaker's stand now contains a kitchen, and a projection booth has been installed above the vestibule. B. Historical Context: The Emery Church was dedicated on Saturday, August 2, Constructed under Bishop Alonzo Brinkerhoff at a cost of between and it was paid for by the time of dedication. C. Sources of Information: 1. Primary and unpublished sources: Deed books, Emery County Recorder's Office, Emery County Courthouse, Castle Dale, Utah. Jensen, Andrew, comp., Emery Ward, Emery Stake Historical Book B, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Archives, Salt Lake City. Mauerman, Lawrence A.

"Early Exploration and the Initial Settlement of Emery County, Utah." B.A. Honors Thesis, Department of History, University of Utah, 2. Secondary

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The Emery County Progress, Castle Valley, Utah, Saturday, August 2, p. 1, c. 4. Lever, William H. History of Sanpete and Emery Counties, Utah. Ogden, Utah: W. H. Lever, McElprang, Stella M. Castle Valley, a History of Emery County. Emery County Daughters of Utah Pioneers, EMERY LATTER-DAY SAINTS CHURCH HABS No. UT-96 (Page 3) Prepared by: Peter L. Goss, Architectural Historian Graduate School of Architecture University of Utah November, PART II. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION A. General Statement: 1. Architectural character: A simple novelty-sided structure with unusual adobe walls. 2. Condition of fabric: fair to good. B. Description of Exterior: 1. Overall dimensions: x 2. Foundations: sandstone. 3.

Walls: wood frame, 8" wide novelty siding, painted cream cornerboards, patterned shingles in side entrance gables. 4. Structural system, framing: frame bearing wall with adobe lining. 5. Chimneys: one in bell tower, one in center, and one in west end. 6. Openings: a. Doorways and doors: stile and rail, five-paneled doors with glass transoms at side entrances; siding installed in transom in east front. b. Windows and shutters: double-hung sash with fixed transoms and pediment heads, splayed jambs. 7. Roof: a. Shape, covering: gable with wood shingles. b. Cornice, eaves: Boxed cornice with returns at gable ends. c. Tower: Tower on east front has sided-over window at second-floor level and hip roof.

Belfry above has vertical siding, openings on four sides, bell-cast mansard roof with metal and wood cresting. EMERY LATTER-DAY SAINTS CHURCH HABS No. UT-96 (Page 4) C. Description of Interior: 1. Floor plans: a. Basement: furnace room/crawl space. b. First floor: A single large room with a raised platform at the west end. There is a small kitchen in the southwest corner and a small office in the center of the west end* c. Attic: not occupied. 2. Stairways: exposed wood stairs to tower room. Wood stairs to platform without handrails. 3. Flooring: wood flooring of tongue-and-groove birch. 4. Wall and ceiling finish: plaster walls with beaded board wainscot. Ceiling of beaded boards. 5.

Doorways and doors: beaded board doors to platform and basement; four-paneled door to Bishop's office and kitchen. 6. Heating: forced warm air system with furnace. Original space heating system in basement and pot-bellied stove in center of room have been removed. D. Site: The church faces north and has concrete sidewalks at north and east entrances. Prepared by: Burtch W. Beall, Jr. Project Supervisor Graduate School of Architecture University of Utah November, PART III. PROJECT INFORMATION The State of Utah survey, conducted by the Historic American Buildings Survey, was cosponsored by the National Park Service and the Utah Heritage Foundation, and supported by the Utah State Institute of Fine Arts jointly with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Union Pacific Railroad.

All work was recorded under the direction of John Poppeliers, Chief of HABS, during the EMERY LATTER-DAY SAINTS CHURCH HABS No. UT-96 (Page 5) summer of at the HABS field office at the Graduate School of Architecture, University of Utah. The survey team consisted of Burtch W. Beall, architect (University of Utah), project supervisor; Dr. Peter L. Goss (University of Utah), project historian; architects Stephen Barratt Smith (University of Utah), Gregory D. Steinbeck (University of Arkansas), Patrick M. Burkhart (North Dakota State University), and Stephen A. England (University of Cincinnati), project foreman. Photographs were taken by Louise T. Taft in The written data were edited by Alison K. Hoagland, HABS Historian, in ADDENDUM TO HABS No.

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