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Built: 1867
Owner: Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Location: Town square between Center and 100 South on Main Street
Other names: Pioneer Rock Church, D.U.P. Relic Hall
Parowan Tabernacle (Pioneer Rock Church)
This church built of sandstone brought from Parowan Canyon started in 1863 and completed about 1867 was the religious center of Parowan Valley. The large amusement hall in the basement was used for school and dances. A stage was erected in the south end where pioneer dramatic association presented plays. In 1918 church activities ceased. By 1926 it had deteriorated. The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers asked permission to recondition the building for a memorial hall which was granted.
This building, erected in 1866, served the community of Parowan for 52 years as a religious an cultural center. Later it was given by the L.D.S. Church to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, who in 1939-40 restored the old edifice and in 1949-50 improved the basement. This pioneer church is now the meeting place and pioneer relic hall of the Daughters.
D.U.P. Relic Hall sign says:
Parowan Tabernacle (Pioneer Rock Church)
Monument at a more modern LDS building with the Tabernacle in the distance
Sign for the historic Parowan Old Rock Church