THE BEEHIVE HOUSE | HOME OF BRIGHAM YOUNG | TEMPLE SQUARE SALT LAKE CITY UTAH
The Beehive House is the home of Brigham Young and is located in Temple Square Salt Lake City Utah. Join us as we take a tour of this historic mansion.The Beehive House was one of the official residences of Brigham Young, the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The Beehive House gets its name from the beehive sculpture atop the house.
We are not affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints but wanted to see this amazing home. When we walked in we were greeted by a very friendly and knowledgeable tour guide. This tour is absolute must do if you are visiting the Salt Lake City area.
The Beehive House was constructed in 1854, two years before the neighboring Lion House was built (also a residence of Young's). Both homes are one block east of the Salt Lake Temple and Temple Square on South Temple street in Salt Lake City, Utah. The home was designed by Young's brother-in-law and architect of the Salt Lake Temple, Truman O. Angell, who also designed the Lion House. It was constructed of adobe and sandstone.
Young was a polygamist, and the Beehive House was designed to accommodate his large family. The Lion House also became his official residence as governor of Utah Territory and president of the LDS Church. Upon its completion, Young briefly shared the Beehive House with his senior (and only legally recognized) wife Mary Ann Angell (1803–1882), though she chose to make her home in the White House, a smaller residence on the property. Young's first polygamous wife, Lucy Ann Decker Young (1822–1890), possibly due to her seniority, became hostess of the Beehive House and lived there with her nine children.
The Beehive House served as the executive mansion of Utah Territory from 1852 to 1855 and was where Young entertained guests. The home is connected by a suite of rooms to the Lion House. This suite included Young's offices and his private bedroom where he died in 1877. - Wikipedia
On this 30 minute tour you will see some of Brigham Young's personal items like his coat and cane. We also enjoyed looking at his tools and his beaver hats. The admission is free and the hours are Monday - Saturday 10 am to 6 pm.
Beehive House - Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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Beehive House Salt Lake City
The utilitarian home of Brigham Young, the president of the Mormon Church.
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Brigham Young's House (Beehive House), Salt Lake City, Utah
Brigham Young's House, also known as the Beehive House next to the Lion House in Salt Lake City, Utah
Lion and Beehive House and Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah
Day 49 7-18-16 Bruce visits the Lion House, Beehive House and downtown Salt Lake City, Utah.
Beehive House Temple Square Salt Lake City (bonus footage)
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Historic Ellerbeck Mansion Bed & Breakfast - Salt Lake City (Utah) - United States
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Historic Ellerbeck Mansion Bed & Breakfast hotel city: Salt Lake City (Utah) - Country: United States
Address: 140 B Street; zip code: UT 84103
A 14-minute walk from The Beehive House, this historic Salt Lake City bed and breakfast offers private bathrooms and a full breakfast. All rooms feature a fireplace and free Wi-Fi.
-- Situé à 14 minutes à pied de la Beehive House, à Salt Lake City, l'Ellerbeck Mansion Bed & Breakfast Inn est un établissement historique qui propose un petit-déjeuner complet ainsi que des hébergements dotés d'une connexion Wi-Fi gratuite, d'une...
-- Este bed and breakfast histórico, situado en Salt Lake City, a 14 minutos a pie de la Beehive House, ofrece baños privados y un desayuno completo. Todas sus habitaciones cuentan con chimenea y conexión WiFi gratuita.
-- Dieses traditionelle Bed & Breakfast in Salt Lake City befindet sich in 14 Gehminuten Entfernung vom Beehive House und bietet Ihnen Unterkünfte mit einem eigenen Bad sowie ein reichhaltiges Frühstück.
-- 这家历史悠久的住宿加早餐酒店位于盐湖城，距离蜂巢屋（The Beehive House）有14分钟步行路程，提供私人浴室和全套早餐。所有客房都设有壁炉和免费无线网络连接。 Ellerbeck Mansion Bed and Breakfast酒店的客房拥有高天花板和有线电视，将历史建筑与现代化设施融合入到一起。客房拥有仿古格调的装饰，布置舒适。 在这家位于犹他州的Ellerbeck Mansion Bed and...
-- Этот исторический отель типа «постель и завтрак» находится в Солт-Лейк-Сити, в 14 минутах ходьбы от Пчелиного дома, одной из официальных резиденций первого главы мормонов и первого губернатора Юты Бригама Янга.
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Beehive House
The beehive house was the official residence and office of President Brigham Young. Like the activities of a beehive, this home reveals the strong work ethic espoused by Brigham Young and the industry and cooperation exhibited by family members.
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Brigham Young's House (Beehive House), Salt Lake City, Utah
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A Sense of Place: Building on a Strong Past
This episode of the 1986 Sense of Place educational series by KUED and the Utah Foundation for Architecture (now defunct) talks about Utah's pioneer era architecture, with an interview from Leonore Stockseth at the Beehive House. It includes discussion of This is the Place, the Salt Lake Temple, Marmalade Hill homes (such as the John Platts home; Morrow-Taylor home; and Quayle house), and South Temple mansions (Kearns, Wall, and Walker mansions).
A Trip to The Beehive State
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Brigham Young's Office, The Lion House, The Beehive House and Administration Building
A cluster of historic sites all together here at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah
--- Brigham Young’s Office ---
Erected about 1852, used as the executive offices of the Territory of Utah until 1855, headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from the time it was finished until 1917, when the new Church Office Building was completed.
For a short time it was also the Church Tithing Office. Many distinguished persons have been entertained here.
--- The Lion House ---
Built by President Brigham Young and used by him as a residence from about 1855 until his death in 1877. On the lower floor were the dining room and kitchens. On the next floor were the living rooms and large parlor; and on the top floor were the bedrooms.
It was in this house that President Young died. Later the building was used for school purposes and as a social center for women and girls. The lion is a replica of one that occupied a similar position on a prominent home in Vermont, the State where President Young was born and spent his youth.
In 1869, Brigham Young founded the Young Women organization in the Lion House.
--- The Bee-Hive House ---
Erected about 1852 by President Brigham Young as the Official Residence of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and occupied by him from the time it was completed until his death in 1877.
From 1852 to 1855 it also served as the Executive Mansion of Governor Brigham Young of the Territory of Utah.
It was also the home of presidents Lorenzo Snow (1898 – 1901) and Joseph F. Smith (1901 – 1918), both of whom died here.
--- Eagle Gate ---
“The Eagle Gate was erected in 1859, Hiram B. Clawson, designer; Ralph Ramsay and William Bell, carvers. It formed a part of a cobble stone wall, 8 feet high and 500 rods long, which surrounded the grounds of President Brigham Young and was built by him as a protection against Indians, and to furnish labor to the unemployed. Torn down in 1890 to widen the street and to permit the passage of electric cars. Rebuilt in 1891.”
--- Church Adminitration Building ---
The 24 iconic pilasters which surround the exterior are made of solid granite. This granite, as well as that which covers the rest of the steel and concrete structure, was taken from the same quarry as the stone used to build the Salt Lake Temple.
THE BEEHIVE STATE ACT 1 (1989 production)
“THE BEEHIVE STATE” by Rob Lauer (1989 production). Chaos erupts in a Mormon family—living in 1903 Provo, Utah—when the husband announces to his three wives that he plans to marry a fourth—13 years after the LDS Church announces a stop to all new plural marriages. Meanwhile, the oldest son—a bachelor—struggles with the social pressure to get married.
Written in 1985 by award-winning Mormon playwright Rob Lauer, “The Beehive State” explores little-known aspects of Mormon life between 1890 (when LDS Church issued its famous “Manifesto”) and 1904 (when the Church issued it’s “Second Manifesto”). The play explores in depth the emotional toll that the practice of “The Principal” and the LDS Church’s abandonment of the practice had on rank-and-file Mormons. Also explored is the burden that LDS marriage theology places on sincere Mormons struggling to live with their sexual orientation.
“The Beehive State” was published in the November 1989 issue of “Sunstone,” and can be read by linking on to: sunstonemagazine.com/pdf/074-22-44.pdf
Playwright Rob Lauer won BYU’s 1982 Mayhew Award for Drama for his first 1980 play, “Digger.” Heralded by “Sunstone Review” as “a milestone in Mormon drama” when produced at BYU in December 1982, “Digger” dramatized Joseph Smith’s involvement with folk-magic and seer stones, his 1825 trial and his courtship of Emma Hale—over 30 years before the LDS Church issued its much-discussed “historical essays” in its official website. “Digger” was published in the November 1988 issue of “Sunstone.” Copies of “Diggger,” as well as amateur and professional production rights ae available through Zion Theatricals. For more information visit: ziontheatricals.com/digger/
In 1990, Rob Lauer became the only playwright to win both major dramatist awards at the annual Deep South Writers’ Conference: the Nolan One-Act Play Award—for his 1989 urban drama “The Church Street Fantasy”—and the Best Play of 1990 Award—for his satire on TV Evangelists “Tom & Penny’s Yard Party.” Steele Spring Stage Right (Los Angeles) publishes and manages productions rights for “Tom & Penny’s Yard Party.” To purchase copies or obtain royalty quotes, visit: stagerights.com/allshows/tom-and-pennys-yard-party/
In 2003, Lauer joined with Emmy-Awarding winning composer—and musical arranger for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir—Sam Cardon to write “First Freedom”—a musical dramatization of the political battles fought between James Madison, Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry to establish the separation of church and state in post-revolutionary America. The original concept recording is available on Amazon:
amazon.com/First-Freedom-Original-Concept-CD/dp/B00KAJNIKK
Other plays by Rob Lauer include:
“Geek & Gangsters”—a comedy about the two Cleveland teenagers who created Superman in the 1930s. This play is published by Leicester Bay Theatricals. To purchase copies or obtain royalty quotes, visit: leicesterbaytheatricals.com/geeks-gangsters/
“My Jo”—an acclaimed musical based upon “Little Women” and the writings of Louisa May Alcott. The script, productions right and the Original Cast Recording are available from Leicester Bay Theatricals. Visit: leicesterbaytheatricals.com/my-jo/
“A Southern Christmas Carol”—a critically-acclaimed musical that sets Dickens’ tale in the Depression Era/Jim Crow south. The script, the Original Cast Recording and royalty rights are available from Leicester Bay Theatricals. Visit: leicesterbaytheatricals.com/a-southern-christmas-carol/
“The Emperor’s New Clothes”—a musical political satire. Scripts, music tracks and royalties are available from Steele Spring Stage Rights. Visit: stagerights.com/allshows/emperorsnewclothes/
The Roof Restaurant, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah V3
Fine dining at Temple Square in Salt Lake City
Why is Utah named the beehive state?
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Beehive and Lion House Gardens
A short hyperlapse of the gardens at the Beehive House and Lion House in Salt Lake City.
Directly behind the The Great Salt Lake Temple Utah at Night
The Salt Lake Temple is a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) located on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. At 253,015 square feet (23,505.9 m2), it is the largest LDS temple by floor area. Dedicated in 1893, it is the sixth temple completed by the church, requiring 40 years to complete, and the fourth temple built since the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1846. All-Seeing Eye – The center tower on each side contains a depiction of the All-Seeing Eye of God representing how God sees all things.[20]:147[1]
Angel Statue – The golden Angel Moroni placed on the capstone of the temple symbolizes the angel mentioned in Revelation 14:6 that will come to welcome in the Second Coming of Christ. Early architectural plans showed two horizontally flying angels[21][22][23] and the earliest references to the Salt Lake Temple's angel were always Gabriel. The original blueprint drawings intended the angel to be wearing temple ceremonial clothing like the angel on the Nauvoo temple, but W.H. Mullin's 12.5-foot statue wears a crown instead of a temple cap that was originally built with a bright light creating a halo effect at night.[24]
Beehive – The beehive symbol (which appears on the Utah state seal) appears on external doors and doorknobs and symbolizes the thrift, industry, perseverance, and order of the Mormon people.[25][18]:44
Big Dipper – On the west side of the temple the Big Dipper appears, which represents how the priesthood can help people find their way to heaven as the constellation helped travelers find the North Star.[26][18]:42 The uppermost stars on the temple's constellation align with the actual North Star.[27]
Compass and Square – Early plan drawings of the temple show the Masonic arrangements of a compass and square placed along the second and fourth floor windows,[18]:43 but the plans were changed during construction.[18]:39 These symbols had appeared on the Nauvoo Temple weathervane.[18]:43
Clasped Hands – Above each external door and doorknob appears the hand clasp, which is a representation of covenants that are made within temples or brotherly love.[18]:43
Clouds – On the east side of the temple are clouds raining down representing the way God has continued revelation and still speaks to man like the rains out of Heaven[1] or alternatively a veil of ignorance or sin.[18]:43
Earths – The earthstones in the lower buttresses have been interpreted as the gospel of Christ spreading over the whole Earth.[18]:42
Saturns – Early drawings and a written description by Angell showed Saturnstones along the top tier of the temple,[28]:146[29] though the design was changed years later.[30]:60-62[31]:9
Spires – The six spires of the temple represent the power of the priesthood. The three spires on the east side are a little higher than those on the west: they represent the Melchizedek, or higher priesthood, and the Aaronic, or preparatory priesthood respectively. The three spires on the east side represent the church's First Presidency and the twelve smaller spires on those three represent the Twelve Apostles.[32]
Sun, Moon, and Stars – Around the temple there are several carved stones depicting the sun, moon, and stars which correspond respectively to the celestial, terrestrial, and telestial kingdoms of glory in the afterlife.[33][18]:42 The sunstones have also been interpreted to represent God, the moonstones in different phases as representing different phases of life, and the starstones representing Jesus Christ.[1] These symbols were drawn from the three lesser lights symbols in the Freemasonry practiced by many early church leaders in Nauvoo.[34] Additionally, five-pointed stars have traditionally represented the five wounds of Christ (hands, feet, and side) and the five-pointed star with an elongated downward ray found on several LDS temples has been interpreted to represent Christ coming to Earth.[
Driving around Salt Lake City 3
Driving around in the central business district and capital of the State of Utah, and the largest city in the Wasatch Front.
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Temple Square - Salt Lake City, Utah
Video clip I shot from the 10th floor of the Joseph Smith building, looking out over Temple Square and the
Salt Lake City Temple. Good view, though in some parts of the video, reflections in the window I was shooting through were an annoyance (you will see at the base of the Salt Lake City Temple, on the tiles
in front of the temple what appears to be weird colors on the tiles.... those weren't really there, it was just a reflection in the window of stuff inside the building there where I was standing).
Beekeeping in the Beehive State
Did you know it's illegal to keep bees in the beehive state without registering them with the government?