Rexburg Stake Tabernacle

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Rexburg Stake Tabernacle
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Location25 N. Center St.
Rexburg, Idaho
Coordinates 43°49′39″N111°47′01″W / 43.82750°N 111.78361°W / 43.82750; -111.78361
Built1911
Architect Otto Erlandsen
NRHP reference No. 74000745 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 8, 1974 [2]

The Rexburg Stake Tabernacle, also known as the Fremont Stake Tabernacle is a building located in Rexburg, Idaho that formerly served as tabernacle for large gatherings of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The tabernacle was designed by architect Otto Erlandsen and completed in 1911 at a cost of $31,000. [3] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. In 1980, the building was sold to the city of Rexburg and now serves as a civic center and is home of the Rexburg Children's Choir.

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In 2020, the Rexburg Tabernacle was visible to a nationwide audience when NBC Nightly News and Inside Edition highlighted the children's choir's ability to persist during the COVID-19 pandemic. [4]

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Notes

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places". NPS Focus. National Park Service. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  3. "Fremont Stake Tabernacle". Improvement Era. 17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: 755. 1914.
  4. Smith, Lisa. "NBC's "There's Good News" features Rexburg's Children's Choir". Standard Journal. Retrieved 2021-05-28.


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