Brigham Young Forest Farmhouse
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brwhiz
N 40° 45.201 W 111° 49.265
12T E 430688 N 4511701
The Brigham Young Forest Farmhouse was moved from its former location in the Sugarhouse District to its current location at This is the Place Heritage Park in 1976.
Waymark Code: WMFP7M
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 11/12/2012
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The badly neglected house was moved from a site in the process of redevelopment to the Heritage Park to join numerous other buildings deemed worthy of restoration and display to visitors. These buildings educate many people regarding the rich cultural heritage of the early Utah Pioneers.
The historical marker in front of the building reads:
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.