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The Beehive 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.
Simon Bamberger was governor of Utah 1917–1921. 12: Jeremiah Beattie House: Jeremiah Beattie House. July 7, 1983 : 655 E. 200 South ... Beehive House.
It was used by Young to house his civic administration of the Deseret Territory, later the Utah Territory. The President's Office and Beehive House were completed in 1855; the former was the seat of church business, while the Beehive House served as a ceremonial governor's mansion.
The original Eagle Gate, with Young's Beehive House in the background. On February 17, 1859, a wooden sculpture of an eagle perched atop a beehive was placed on arches above the gate, thus giving the entrance its name. The sculpture was carved by Ralph Ramsay, possibly with the assistance of his boss, William Bell.
The Lion House. The house is situated at 63 East South Temple, near the corner of South Temple and State Street, just one block east of Temple Square. It is adjacent to Young's other official residence, the Beehive House, to which it is connected by a series of rooms used as offices.
The Beehive House and adjacent Lion House were the residence of Brigham Young from 1852 until his death in 1877. As President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the time of the Mormon settlement of the Salt Lake Valley, Young and his home were pivotal in the development of the Church, Utah, and the American west.
The Beehive State has some of the country's most lenient adoption laws, and providers can make a lot of money attracting vulnerable birth mothers and potential adoptive parents to place through ...
He designed the Salt Lake Temple, the Lion House, the Beehive House, the Utah Territorial Statehouse, the St. George Utah Temple, and other public buildings. Angell's modifications to the Salt Lake Tabernacle are credited with perfecting the acoustics for which the building is famous.