Relief Society Hall

Relief Society Hall (HM14A9)

Location: Washington, UT 84780 Washington County
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Country: United States of America
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N 37° 7.807', W 113° 30.677'

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Built 1875

The Relief Society Hall's main section was built in 1875 and the west wing about 1904. This makes the present "L" shaped building. Both sections were built of adobes that were produced locally. Its style of architecture is Greek Revival that prevailed in Utah during the early settlement days. It is the only remaining late-nineteenth -century public building in Washington City and is the oldest standing Relief Society Hall in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
This building served variously as a meeting house, post office, co-op store, apartment, city and service club offices and mortuary. After this building was built, the Relief Society of Washington held their meetings here but part of the time they met in members' homes. This allowed them to rent part of the building so that the money could be used to help the poor. One of their functions was to prepare the deceased for burial. If a long white board was outside against the building it meant someone had passed on and a funeral would be planned. The members made clothing, quilts, conducted fund raising bazaars and luncheons in this building to raise money to accomplish their goals.
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HM NumberHM14A9
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Year Placed1996
Placed ByWashington City Historical Society
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Date Added Wednesday, October 1st, 2014 at 12:43am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)12S E 276917 N 4112258
Decimal Degrees37.13011667, -113.51128333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 7.807', W 113° 30.677'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 7' 48.42" N, 113° 30' 40.62" W
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Area Code(s)435
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 75 W Telegraph St, Washington UT 84780, US
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