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 SİGNIFYING INDUSTRY