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Mapleton Ward Relief Society Hall
30 Monday Oct 2023
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Mapleton Ward Relief Society Hall
The Mapleton Ward Relief Society Hall was built in 1888 on Hans Peter Jensen’s property at 195 East Maple Street in Mapleton. The building was 15- by 20 feet, with two doors, two windows, and a tin roof. The interior of the Relief Society Hall was large enough for a quilting frame and chairs. To earn money for constructing and maintaining the building, the Mapleton women held bake sales, made and served dinners, crafted sellable items for their bazaars, and other activities.
The building provided a center for the Relief Society organization of the Church to meet and conduct activities and assist those needing food, clothing, and other items. The women also raised and sold wheat and earned money to build a granary for storage and distribution of the wheat. The Hall was the center of the Relief Society women’s organization until 1917 when it became too small for the growing membership and activities.
In 2019, the original Hall was taken down brick by brick. In 2020, volunteers of Mapleton rebuilt the Hall in the Mapleton Towne Square, using the original brick and materials. The restored Mapleton Relief Society Hall was completed in 2021 and stands as a tribute to the strong and faithful women of Mapleton.
The above text is from Daughters of Utah Pioneers historic marker #593, located at the Mapleton Historic Village at Mapleton City Park at 125 South Main Street in Mapleton, Utah
Deseret Relief Society Hall
01 Monday Jun 2020
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The Relief Society in Deseret was first organized in September of 1877. This group of women met in each other’s homes until 1878, when they had a large, one-room adobe hall built. In 1894 the members of the Relief Society decided they should construct a new Relief Society Hall. They began raising money for this building by donating and saving what they could. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint’s General Relief Society Board called for contributions to the building of the new General Relief Society Hall located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Deseret Relief Society sent all of their funds, thus delaying their own building project.
The Deseret Relief Society ladies began again to plan for a hall. They sold their adobe building, land was donated, fund raised, and labor was volunteered by the men of the LDS Ward.
Construction costs for the building were $743.65 and $21.00 for the outhouse. Relief Society meetings, socials, dances, and plays were held in the hall from 1906 until 1934, when the new chapel was completed.
The Hall is the oldest remaining LDS Church building in the community. It has served many functions over the years. After the chapel burned in 1929, this hall was again used for church services. Public school classes were also held when the A.C. Nelson School burned. Boy Scouts used the hall for their meetings for several years. The Deseret Irrigation Company bought this building and used it for meetings and storage. They deeded the building to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Fanny Powell Cropper Camp, on February 7, 1995. It is now used for DUP meetings and for the display of pioneer memorabilia.
