Research under way on original Tabernacle in Provo

As the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prepares to build a temple out of the burnt shell of the Provo Tabernacle efforts are underway to preserve Provo history. Perhaps few people realize a smaller structure was built in 1867, just north of where the Provo Tabernacle stands today. The only physical reminder of the edifice is a monument erected in 1959 by the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.