This is the Box Elder Tabernacle in Brigham City, Utah. It was built by the Mormon pioneers who settled the area in 1897. The tabernacle is still used as a meetinghouse now, seating approximately 1600 people. It is also a wonderful venue for concerts and other special events and is open for tours during the summer. It was put on National Register of Historic Places on May 14, 1971.
Whenever we travel to Europe, it’s easy to find buildings and points of interest to photograph that are 100-1,500 years old or even older (Stonehenge, Colosseum, Pantheon, etc.). To us newbie Americans, that’s amazing. In a few years, we will be celebrating our 250th anniversary as a country, so anything that’s 100 years or older is very old to us.
IN A NEW POST CREATED FOR THIS CHALLENGE, SHARE A PHOTO OR TWO OF THINGS 100 YEARS OLD OR OLDER.
Everyone is welcome to participate, even if your blog isn’t about photography.
Here’s how it works:
- Each week, I’ll come up with a theme and post a photo that I think fits. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog (a new post!) anytime before the following Thursday, when the next photo theme will be announced.
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Very beautiful photo, the church and the scenery together is perfect. Also, good topic
Thanks!
Such a gorgeous building, Nancy.
Thanks, Sylvia! 🙂
Have spent 2 vacations in Utah- love it there! Her are my old buildings.
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Beautiful shot of the Cathedral and thank you for a great challenge.
Thanks, Marilyn. 🙂 Outside of the temples, this is as close as the LDS church gets to a standard cathedral. Most tabernacles aren’t used for regular Sunday services, but this one is.
A 14th century church that had a twenty year break during construction due to the Black Death:
https://davidmsphotoblog.com/2020/02/21/a-photo-a-week-challenge-over-100-years-old/
Hi Nancy,
I adore your topic this week!
I admit I love the backdrop more than the building itself. – BTW: I had similar thoughts when I lived in South Africa. I come from Germany, and as you say, it is difficult not to stumble over old stones and artefacts in Europe, and then I moved to South Africa. After about a year of living there I had this sudden realisation that none of the buildings there were older than 100 years, actually 100 years was really stretching it since the first houses did not survive very long and they only started building for posterity in the 1920s. The library of my university was considered very old, which at the time meant it was just over 50 years old. It was a completely weird feeling.
Very nice building and photo with a great perspective and composition!
Here is mine: http://www.giftsmart.com/nova-scotia-narrowest-house/
A magnificent backdrop to that centuries old beautiful structure!
It truly is.
I’ve always thought Utah was such a pretty state, that’s a lovely photo. Mine is of the interior of the Hungarian State Opera House which had its Opening Night in 1884: https://wp.me/p2owKx-1w4
Cheers! Amy
I love the white of the steeple and the snow capped mountains in the background
Here’s my contribution
So beautiful.