The Kanab Chapel -- Kanab UT
N 37° 02.900 W 112° 31.732
12S E 364049 N 4101327
One of several historic markers at the Kanab Family History Library downtown
Waymark Code: WMMBM6
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 08/27/2014
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The current Kanab Family History Library is the old chapel, built with all-volunteer labor and materials in 1924. A historic marker was placed here in 2012.
The marker reads as follows:
"KANAB CHAPEL
Although religious meetings were held in Kanab from its settlement in 1870, the town lacked a building with the dignity and atmosphere of a chapel. The people met in the Kanab Fort, various homes, in a bowery, and in the ward Hall for their church services until the Chapel was completed in 1924. Construction began in 1923 by citizens of Kanab, who donated money, time, labor, and materials needed for the building. The chapel was built out of locally-manufactured red bricks and hewn native stone from a nearby quarry. At great sacrifice, the beautiful marble cornerstone was carried from deep within Kanab Canyon, a side canyon of the Grand canyon. It was faced and engraved, then laid in place and dedicated on 7 March 1923. The official dedication of the entire chapel by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints President Heber J. Grant took place on 16 September 1928, four years after its completion.
In 1959 an extension was added to the chapel to accommodate the growing congregation of Kanab Stake. The extension became inadequate and was torn down in 2011 to make way for a new Stake Center just to the west. Renovation and remodeling into a Family History Center with space for church offices preserved the heritage of the old chapel. This building, truly a labor of love and faith, continues to grace the community as an icon of spirituality and worship. Additional information is available at the Kanab History Museum.
Kanab History and Historic Preservation Board
2012
Marker Name: Kanab Chapel
Marker Type: City
County: Kane
City: Kanab
Group Responsible for Placement: Kanab History and Historic Preservation Board
Date Dedicated: 2012
Web link(s) for additional information:
http://www.etypeservices.com/SWF/LocalUser/southern1/Magazine22436/Publication/Magazine22436.pdf
Addtional Information: Not listed
Marker Number: Not listed
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