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Sevier Ward Church

Coordinates: 38°35′43″N 112°14′58″W / 38.59528°N 112.24944°W / 38.59528; -112.24944 (Sevier Ward Church)
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Sevier Ward Church
The church in 2010
Sevier Ward Church is located in Utah
Sevier Ward Church
Nearest citySevier, Utah
Coordinates38°35′43″N 112°14′58″W / 38.59528°N 112.24944°W / 38.59528; -112.24944 (Sevier Ward Church)
Arealess than one acre
Built1930
Built byJohn Marius Johnson
NRHP reference No.80003969[1]
Added to NRHPJune 24, 1980

The Sevier Ward Church is a historic church in Sevier, Utah. It was built in 1930 by John Marius Johnson, an immigrant from Denmark who became a "well-known stonemason" in Utah,[2] on land that belonged to J.C. Baierline, and deeded to Mormon Bishop Levie in 1933.[3] In 1973, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sold the building to Martha Carlsruh, who remodelled it as an antique store.[3] The building was vacant by 1980.[3]

Its architecture was described as having "rather eclectic design", "suggestive of a New England meetinghouse because of the temple-like central mass fronted by an extending, gabled pavilion. This pavilion has Greek returns and is pierced with a fanlight at the top, a diamond shaped window and round arched doorway which also has a fanlight. On the north elevation are five round arched windows and on the south are three round arched windows and an extending pavilion similar to the east pavilion."[3]

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 24, 1980.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Last Rites For John M. Johnson Held in Elsinore". The Richfield Reaper. October 29, 1953. p. 20. Retrieved October 10, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b c d Robert V. Hugie (February 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sevier Ward Church". National Park Service. Retrieved October 10, 2019. With accompanying three photos from 1980