One of Salt Lake City’s historical churches celebrated a major milestone this weekend.
The First United Methodist Church of SLC held celebrations for the 120th anniversary of its church building on Saturday and Sunday. The official anniversary is on May 27; the venerable downtown building was dedicated on that day in 1906.
The building — located at the corner of 2nd South and 2nd East in Salt Lake City — “is both architecturally and historically significant as an important early example of Protestant church activity in the State of Utah,” according to a release from the church.
“One of the oldest surviving Methodist churches in Utah, it played a significant role in the widespread Protestant missionary movement that occurred throughout the American West after the Civil War,” the release continued…