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The Bee-Hive House

The Bee-Hive House

JUNE 9, 1935  THE BEE-HIVE HOUSE 
ERECTED ABOUT 1852 BY PRESIDENT BRIGHAM YOUNG  AS THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE  CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS AND  OCCUPIED BY HIM FROM THE TIME IT WAS COMPLETED  UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1877. 
FROM 1852 TO 1855 IT ALSO SERVED AS THE EXECUTIVE  MANSION OF GOVERNOR BRIGHAM YOUNG OF THE TERRITORY  OF UTAH. 

IT WAS ALSO THE HOME OF PRESIDENTS LORENZO SNOW  (1898-1901) AND JOSEPH F. SMITH (1901-1918), BOTH OF  WHOM DIED HERE. 
THE BEE-HIVE IS THE STATE EMBLEM SΔ°GNIFYING INDUSTRY 
πŸ‘€ Submitted by kester πŸ“… 2018-11-11

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