Eureka LDS Church Meetinghouse explained

Eureka LDS Church Meetinghouse
Other Name:	Old Mormon Meetinghouse
Coordinates:	39.955°N -112.1176°W
Location:	137 Main Street, Eureka, Utah
Country:	United States
Denomination:	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Dedication:	Apostle Reed Smoot
Dedicated Date:	1903
Status:	Open: currently in use as an Airbnb
Functional Status:	used
Architect:	Richard C. Watkins
Architectural Type:	Gothic Revival

Eureka LDS Church Meetinghouse (also known as Old Mormon Meetinghouse) is a historic church at 137 Main Street in Eureka, Utah, United States. The work of architect Richard C. Watkins, it was built in 1902, dedicated the following year, and served as a meetinghouse until 1976.^[1] Its construction was funded by local resident John Beck (1843–1913).^{[2] [3] [4]}

The building was restored by the Ferrel Thomas family in 1988.^{[5] [6]}

External links

• "Old" L.D.S. Church Meetinghouse – Historical Marker Database

Notes and References

1. A History of Juab County, Pearl D. Wilson, June McNulty, David Hampshire (1999)
2. Engineering and Mining Journal, Volume 95 (1913), p. 822
3. http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv16104 Bullion Beck and Champion Mining Company records, 1881-1929
4. https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=3077909&page=12&facet_paper=%22Eureka+Reporter%22&facet_type=death "John Beck Dies at Salt Lake City"
5. The Politics of American Religious Identity: The Seating of Senator Reed Smoot, Mormon Apostle, Kathleen Flake (2004)
6. https://www.middletownpress.com/realestate/article/Strike-Gold-With-a-Converted-Church-and-Miniature-13389132.php "Adorable miniature mining town for sale in Eureka, Utah"