Granite LDS Ward Chapel-Avard Fairbanks Studio

#3096 among destinations in the United States

Romanesque revival architecture

Granite LDS Ward Chapel-Avard Fairbanks Studio

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The Granite LDS Ward Chapel-Avard Fairbanks Studio is a historic building in Sandy, Utah. It was built in 1903-1905 as a meeting house for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and designed in the Romanesque Revival architectural style. It was acquired by sculptor Avard T. Fairbanks in 1966, and remodelled as his art studio. The building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 30, 2005. ()

Coordinates: 40°34'25"N, 111°48'16"W

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Granite LDS Ward Chapel-Avard Fairbanks Studio – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lone Peak, Old Mill Golf Course, Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, Cottonwood Paper Mill.

4.1 miSE
Natural attraction, Mountain, Vernacular architecture
Lone Peak, Salt Lake City
105 min walk • Lone Peak, a mountain peak southeast of Salt Lake City, Utah, United States is the center of the Lone Peak Wilderness, established in 1978.
4.5 miN
40°38'20"N • 111°48'11"W
Old Mill Golf Course, Salt Lake City
116 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
3.6 miW
Zoo
Loveland Living Planet Aquarium, Salt Lake City
93 min walk • The Loveland Living Planet Aquarium' is located in Draper, Utah, United States. It currently houses 4,500 animals representing 550 species. The public aquarium currently consists of five main exhibits.
3.7 miN
Reportedly haunted, Vernacular architecture
Cottonwood Paper Mill, Salt Lake City
95 min walk • The Cottonwood Paper Mill is an abandoned stone structure located at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. It was built in 1883 by the Deseret News under the direction of Henry Grow.
2.7 miW
40°34'53"N • 111°51'18"W
Sandy Amphitheater, Salt Lake City
69 min walk • Concerts and shows, Theater
4.4 miW
City
Sandy, Salt Lake City
114 min walk • Sandy is a city in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, located in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. The population of Sandy was 87,461 at the 2010 census, making it the sixth-largest city in Utah.
2.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Granite Mountain, Salt Lake City
56 min walk • Granite Mountain is a mass of solid rock one mile up Little Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Range of Utah, not too far from Salt Lake City, Utah.
4.5 miE
Nature, Mountain
Twin Peaks, Salt Lake City
115 min walk • Twin Peaks is an American television series, running from 1990 to 1991; and in 2017. Twin Peaks may also refer...
4.1 miW
Church
Sandy Second Ward Chapel, Salt Lake City
106 min walk • The Sandy Second Ward Chapel is a location in Sandy, Utah listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was designed by the architect Don Carlos Young, a son of Brigham Young. It was later sold by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is built of dark maroon brick on a concrete foundation.
4.2 miW
Victorian architecture
Sandy Tithing Office
108 min walk • The Sandy Tithing Office is a historic building in Sandy, Utah. It was built in 1906-1907 as a tithing building for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Iy was designed in the Victorian Eclectic style, with a pyramid roof and a gabled pavilion. The bishop of the Sandy ward at the time was William D. Kuhre.
4.1 miW
Victorian architecture
Joseph F. and Isabelle Jensen House
105 min walk • The Joseph F. and Isabelle Jensen House, at 428 East 8800 South in Sandy, Utah, was built around 1902.