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After Young's death, there was much dispute and some litigation by Young's heirs as to what was Young's property and what was the church's property. The Beehive House was among the properties in contention; although title was ultimately given to Young's heirs. The Beehive House was replaced as the
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of the LDS Church opened the Beehive House as a boarding home for single women working in Salt Lake City, many of whom were working as secretaries at the adjacent buildings of the LDS Church's headquarters complex. It continued to operate as a boarding house until the 1950s.
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John Beck, a successful miner and businessman, lived in the home for a short time before it was also sold to satisfy his creditors. Eventually it was purchased by the Church, and was used as the official home of church presidents
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of the Utah Territory from 1852 to 1855 and was where Young entertained guests. The home is connected by a suite of rooms to the Lion House. This suite included Young's offices and his private bedroom where he died in 1877.
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style addition to the rear of the building, and heavily remodeled the older portion of the home. The Young family lost the home when it was sold at auction in 1893 to satisfy debts held by John W. Young.
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In 2020, the Beehive House and other historic sites on Temple Square were closed to the public due to the
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was built (also a residence of Young's). Both homes are one block east of the Salt Lake Temple and
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Beehive House, East South Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT
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The Beehive House was constructed in 1854, two years before the neighboring
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Beginning in the late 1880s, Young's son, John W. Young, added a large
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The building was restored in 1959–60 under the direction of
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The Beehive House
Beehive house
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Contributing Property

Salt Lake City
Utah
40°46′10.995″N 111°53′18.7578″W / 40.76972083°N 111.888543833°W / 40.76972083; -111.888543833
Brigham Young Complex
ID66000739
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Eagle Gate
LDS Church Office Building
official residences
Brigham Young
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Salt Lake City
Utah
historic house museum
Lion House
Temple Square
downtown Salt Lake City
brother-in-law
architect
Salt Lake Temple
Truman O. Angell
adobe
sandstone

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