This is the unofficial website of the Provo Tabernacle, an edifice at the corner of First South and University Avenue, Provo, Utah. The site is dedicated to the significance and beauty of a building that transcends its religious usage and belongs in many ways to all of Provo, Utah County and the State of Utah. This website is unauthorized and has no affiliation with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Any opinions or views expressed by this site are not necessarily those of the Church, which owns this edifice.

The historical notes are synthesized or excerpted from personal acqaintance, from interviews, from N. LaVerl Christensen’s Provo’s Two Tabernacles and the People Who Built Them (1983 by the Provo Utah East Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Provo, Utah) and from Anna Jean Backus’ Provo Pioneers and their Tabernacles (2004 by AJB Distributing, Hurricane, Utah). Most material from the two book references is quoted.

Following are articles in draft form containing the history of the Provo Tabernacle, its construction, grounds, the Old Tabernacle, the organ, etc.

Early History of the Location

Non-ecclesiastical Uses of Tabernacle Block

Other Structures on Tabernacle Block

The Old Meeting House or Old Tabernacle

A Brief History of the Provo Tabernacle Organ

The Provo Tabernacle’s Stained Glass

Removal of the Original Central Spire

Bibliography

First page. These photos are simply dumped here and awaiting organization, plus the deliberate taking of more.

Second page. Ditto.

[Discussion of dedication, pages circa 121 in Christensen.]

[Drop-shadow all pictures. It may be possible to do one perfect shadow for all pictures the same size (maybe two shadows in all).]

[Other, as noted here and there.]