Old South Ward Building
History
In 1917 with the growth of Church membership in Richmond, the already Richmond Ward was split, creating the Richmond South Ward. Earlier wards had their own buildings to congrigate instead of sharing buildings as they do today. The Church purchased the land of Axel Erickson located on 335 S State Street.2 Plans were made to construct the building in February of 1917, and completed in February 4, 1923. It was completely made of brick. The building was destroyed in the 1962 earthquake.1
South Ward Stone Tablet
Many years after the destruction of the building in 1962, Julee Spackman, who owned the home that was built on the property of the South Ward building, had an LDS youth group unearth the South Ward stone tablet that hung over the building. She had the tablet on the edger of her property near the sidewalk as a historical marker of the old building.2 In 2021, the stone tablet was moved to the James & Drusilla Hendricks history museum.
Richmond South Ward Building.
Photo property of Special Collectins & Archived, Merrill-Cazier Library, Utah State University. (Colorized)
Richmond South Ward Building Stone Tablet, pictured on the property in 2018. It is now located outside of the James & Drusilla Hendricks history museum
Source
Bair, Amos W. (1976). History of Richmond, Utah. The Richmond Bicentennial Committee. pg 86-87
Stum, Marlin W. (2007). Richmond: A History in Black and White. (T. Wierenga, Ed.). Richmond City. pg 190-191.
Cover photo located in History of Richmond, Utah, pg. 86-87, Amos W. Bair, 1976