Brigham Young
Forest
Farmhouse
Salt Lake City, Utah 1863
Relocated in 1976
Brigham Young never lived in this uniquely styled
stucco farmhouse, but used it as a "show place"
for visiting dignitaries and guests. He and his
family held musical performances, square dances,
and dinner parties in the home's second-story
ballroom that was designed in the tradition of
New England inns. The farm also served as an
agricultural experiment station where crops such
as alfalfa, sugar beets, mulberry seedlings, and
silkworms could be tested for their viability in the
unfamiliar Utah climate and soil. It was primarily a
dairy farm.