Readers' forum: Rebuild Provo Tabernacle

Published: Tuesday, Dec. 21 2010 12:00 a.m. MST

Summary

This is my plea to ask the LDS Church to rebuild the Provo Tabernacle. I went down there myself this morning and stood watching with tears pouring down my cheeks. It was a comfort to see the walls and towers still standing, even though steam and smoke were rising from within.

I realize that it will be an enormous effort, but it is too historic and beautiful a building to let go. As my son, now in California, said, "I remember all the debate surrounding the old BYA and look how nicely that turned out. It would have been a mistake just to tear that down. I hope they rebuild the tabernacle."

Elaine Brewster

Provo

Featured Comments

See all 3 comments »

anti-liar

Salt Lake City, UT

Agreed. And didn't they do something like this with the Brooks Arcade building, Broadway and State in Salt Lake, in which an essentially new building was built which preserved and incorporated the outer walls?

5:53 a.m. Dec. 21, 2010
Top comment

Zadruga Guy

West Jordan, UT

The tabernacle was a great building, but its era has passed. The Church surely has more productive ways in which the money needed to rebuild could be spent.

1:59 p.m. Dec. 22, 2010
Top comment

John Pack Lambert of Michigan

Ypsilanti, MI

While I think the Church should rebuild the Provo Tabernacle, and think that considering how much personal proerty was destroyed in the fire Zadruga Guy is clearly out of touch with the reality of the buildings use, I would say that both the letter More..

8:59 p.m. Dec. 22, 2010
Top comment

Comments