The L.D.S. Primary Association, conceived by Aurelia Spencer Rogers to foster cultural, physical, and spiritual activity in children, was organized in this building on Aug. 11, 1878. Aurelia S. Rogers served as president, with Louisa Haight and Helen Mar C. Miller as counselors, Rhoda Foss Richards as secretary, and John W. Hess as bishop. Two hundred twenty-four children enrolled at the first meeting on Aug. 25, 1878. The Farmington Meeting House was erected in 1862-63 with every man in Farmington assisting. John W. Hess was bishop, Arthur Stayner and Job Welling were counselors, and President Wilford Woodruff dedicated the building on Jan. 9, 1864.