Ely Stake Tabernacle - Nevada Stake Tabernacle

The Ely LDS Stake Tabernacle is easy to miss as your eye is drawn to the city park across the street. But the building is still standing, in the old part of town in downtown Ely. The Ely Stake Tabernacle was built in 1927-1928 as a church and community center. The two story Colonial Revival building is presently owned outside the church and used as the Centennial Fine Arts Center . The contractor for the project was Joseph Don Carlos Young, grandson of Brigham Young. This location is a nice example of the expansion of the LDS Church into neighboring states. The LDS church first was established in Ely in 1915, with the Ely Ward established in 1926. The tabernacle was completed in 1927, containing a 600 seat auditorium, meeting space and classrooms at the cost of $60,000. The facility was replaced by a new meetinghouse in 1957. The old building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 29, 1993.

Ely Stake Tabernacle (Nevada Stake Tabernacle)