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 A meeting house (meetinghouse, meeting-house) is a building where religious and sometimes public meetings take place. Terminology Nonconformist Protestant denominations distinguish between a * church, which is a body of people who believe in Chr ...
for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and designed in the
Romanesque Revival architectural style Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...
. With 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.


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Artists' studios in the United States Meetinghouses of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake County, Utah Religious buildings and structures completed in 1903 Romanesque Revival architecture in Utah 1903 establishments in Utah {{Utah-NRHP-stub