Vernal Tithing Office

Built in 1887, the Vernal Tithing Office was one of 32 well preserved tithing buildings in Utah that were part of the successful "in kind" tithing system of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints between the 1850s and about 1910. Tithing lots, which usually included an office and several auxiliary structures, served as facilities for collecting, storing, and distributing farm products donated as tithing by church members in cash-poor agricultural communities throughout the state. Harley Mowery, a local stone mason of English descent, was contracted to construct the stone office. The building was saved from demolition in 1958 when the Daughters of Utah Pioneers moved it from its original site to its current location.

Vernal, Utah · United States