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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Lowe,Thomas G. Architect
1884/00/00 Joseph Don Carlos Young Architect Construction begins on the Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle. The red sandstone comes from a quarry in Indian Creek Canyon, on the east side of Bear Lake.
1885/00/00 Jacob Tueller Jr Stonemason John Tueller arrives in Paris, Idaho, with his family and joins his father and brothers on the stonework of the Tabernacle.
1887/00/00 Robert Price Work Timbers for the Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle come from nearby canyons and are sawn at the Robert Price shingle mill in Paris Canyon. The four inch wide, hand-picked shingles will last.
1888/00/00 Jacob Tueller Sr Stonemason Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle is constructed by Mormon pioneers of Bear Lake Valley who use horse and ox teams to haul rock quarried from Indian Creek Canyon nearly 18 miles away.
1889/00/00 James Nye Carpenter James Nye carves the pulpit and choir ceiling
1889/09/00 William Shepherd Stonemason The letters on the inscription stone of the Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle are stenciled by William Shepherd and cut by Jacob Tueller Jr.
1889/09/15 Built by the pioneers of Bear Lake Valley at a cost of $50,000, the Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle is dedicated, witnessed by about half of the residence of Bear Lake.

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Particulars for Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Owner Private
Historic Use Religious Property
Architectural Style Romanesque Revival



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 8th December 1972

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Bear Lake Stake Tabernacle
Registry Address: Main St.
Registry Number: 72000436
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Young,Joseph Don Carlos; Lowe,Thomas G.
Architectural Style: Romanesque
Contributing Buildings: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Religious property
Period of Significance: 1875-1899
Significant Year: 1889
Historic Function: Religion
Historic Sub-Function: Religious structure
Current Function: Religion
Current Sub-Function: Religious structure

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