The Parowan Meetinghouse, sometimes referred to as the Parowan Tabernacle or the Parowan Old Rock Church is a historic meetinghouse of

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(LDS Church) in

Parowan Parowan ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Iron County, Utah, United States. The population was 2,790 at the 2010 census, and in 2018 the estimated population was 3,100. Parowan became the first incorporated city in Iron County in 1851. A ...

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, United States, that is listed on the

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The building was constructed 1861–1870 and was designed by architect/builders Ebenezer Hanks, Edward Dalton and William A. Warren, all members of the local community. The basement was completed by 1867 when it began to hold meetings. The first meeting held in the relatively large chapel, which seated 800, occurred when LDS Church leader

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visited in April 1870. The building has two separate staircases with entrances, originally one for males and one for females. The building was abandoned by the church after 1914 when the new adjacent

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styled Parowan 3rd Ward Meetinghouse was built on the same lot. Somewhere around 1920, ownership was taken over by the city, who turned over the building to the

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who retain caretaker status. The building now serves as the Parowan Old Rock Church Museum that hosts daily tours between

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and

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. It was listed on the NRHP May 6, 1976.

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