Torrey Log School and Church Bell Tower - Torrey, UT
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brwhiz
N 38° 17.950 W 111° 25.206
12S E 463266 N 4239092
This simple bell tower on the log building used as both a church meeting hall and schoolhouse housed the single bell that call people to worship and children to school.
Waymark Code: WMJQRW
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 12/19/2013
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The Utah Historical Marker mounted on the log church/schoolhouse reads:
Torrey Log Church and Schoolhouse
The Torrey Log Church/Schoolhouse, completed in 1898, is locally significant as the first church building and the first school building in the pioneer community of Torrey, settled in the 1890s. After a new multi-use building with classrooms was built in 1917 and a new meetinghouse was constructed in 1928, the Torrey Log Church/Schoolhouse continued to be used for various religious and social functions until the 1970s.
The building is architecturally significant as one of approximately one dozen remaining Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouses built within the initial settlement phase. It is the only known example of a log meetinghouse still standing in the state. The building is made of sawn logs joined at the corners with carefully executed half-dovetailed notching. The building was relocated approximately 100 yards to the west to make room for the expansion of the neighboring 1928 sandstone meetinghouse. The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers have restored the building and are using it as a place to hold local meetings, continuing its traditional use for religious and social functions.
Marker placed in 1996
Division of State History