Ephraim Co-op Building
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N 39° 21.684 W 111° 35.214
12S E 449439 N 4357046
This Utah Historical Marker is mounted on the front of the historic Canute Peterson House at 10 N Main Street in Ephraim, Utah.
Waymark Code: WMGKM5
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 03/16/2013
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Ephraim Co-op Building
Constructed in 1871-72 of local oolitic limestone, this Greek Revival style building is one of the remaining examples of the more than 120 cooperative mercantiles that were established by the LDS church between 1868 and 1878. The first floor was a strong part of Ephraim's economy beginning as a co-op, then as a United Order store, later used for farm implement sales, a car repair garage, and finally as part of Ephraim Roller Mill when a new addition connected it to the Relief Society granary to the south. That use continued into the 1950s, then, after decades of neglect, the building was restored in 1989-90. The second floor also served many purposes including a social hall, theater, Relief Society hall, and the first home of Sanpete Stake Academy, predesessor of Snow College when it began in 1888.