- Gardo House
The Gardo House [aka Guardo House] was the official residence [beginning on April 9, 1879] of the president of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the tenures of John Taylor andWilford Woodruff .Construction
The structure was originally intended for one of Brigham Young's wives, Amelia Folsom, and was eponymously called "Amelia's Palace". It was built opposite (to the south of)
Brigham Young 's residence,Beehive House .Construction began in 1873 and the co-designers on the mansion were Joseph Ridges and William H. Folsom, Amelia's father. The structure, located at 70 E. South Temple, [Legal description: East half of Lot 6, Block 75, Plat A] was built directly east of the LDS Church's historian's office (constructed in 1855), first occupied by
George A. Smith .The mansion was dedicated on February 22, 1883.
History
By the time John Taylor became church president, the
Edmunds-Tucker Act was putting intense pressure on him to observe this anti-bigamy law. He sought to comply with the law by moving into the Gardo House with his sister,Agnes Taylor . [cite book |last=Cowley |first=Matthias F. |authorlink=Matthias F. Cowley |coauthors= |editor= |title=Prophets and Patriarchs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints |url= |edition= |year=2006 |publisher=Kessinger Publishing |location= |language= |isbn=1428601805 |oclc= |doi= |pages=68 |chapter= |quote= ] She took over management of the mansion while he continued his duties as president. [cite book |last=Taylor |first=Samuel Woolley |authorlink=Samuel W. Taylor |coauthors= |editor= |title=The Kingdom Or Nothing: The Life of John Taylor, Militant Mormon |url= |edition= |year=1976 |publisher=Macmillan |location= |language= |isbn=0026166003 |oclc= |doi= |pages=302 |chapter= |quote= ] In March 1885, soon after John Taylor's final public appearance,federal marshal s made a massive raid on the mansion to capture him. This and subsequent raids were unsuccessful, and his "tough-minded sister ... often held raiding marshals and deputies at bay at the front door of the mansion, admitting no one unless he presented papers properly signed by a federal judge." [cite journal |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date =March 13, 1885 |year= |month= |title= |journal=Journal History |volume= |issue= |pages= |id= |url= |accessdate= |quote= ] [cite web |url=http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/mining_and_railroads/thegardohouse.html |title=The Gardo House: A History of the Mansion and Its Occupants |accessdate=2007-08-29 |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth= |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ] After her brother's 1887 death, Taylor vacated the house. ["Letter from Wilford Woodruff to Agnes T. Schwartz." August 20, 1887 "First Presidency Letterpress Copy Books." 1887—August–September.] [cite web |url=http://jfs.saintswithouthalos.org/pri/fp_87_08.htm|title=First Presidency Letterpress Copy Books |accessdate=2007-08-29 |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth= |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]The Victorian mansion was demolished on
1921-11-26 .ee also
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ZCMI Center Mall References
* [http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/mining_and_railroads/thegardohouse.html The Gardo House]
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