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HISTORY OF DAVIS COUNTY
Local members hauled rocks, sand, and gravel from nearby foothills to build the Farmington Rock Church. They hewed framing timbers in Farmington Canyon and donated wood to buy additional lumber and lime in Weber and Salt Lake counties. (Utah State Historical Society) meetings back to the schoolhouse. The eviction helped p u s h the forty-by-sixty-foot m e e t i n g h o u s e to c o m p l e t i o n , t h e b u i l d e r s u s i n g local t i m b e r a n d rocks. T h e LDS church's First Presidency a n d eight apostles p a r t i c i p a t e d in d e d i c a t o r y services o n a w i n t r y day in J a n u a r y 1864. 47 A DeseretNews r e p o r t e r in 1862 r e p o r t e d from Kaysville t h a t t h a t t o w n ' s m e e t i n g h o u s e f o u n d a t i o n was b a r e — s t r o n g w i n d s h a d t o p pled t h e u n f i n i s h e d a d o b e walls. C h u r c h architect T r u m a n O. Angell h a d d e s i g n e d t h e 4 , 0 0 0 - s q u a r e - f o o t b u i l d i n g w i t h a b a s e m e n t level divided i n t o four r o o m s , a n d c o n s t r u c t i o n h a d b e g u n in 1855. Before t h e d i s r u p t i o n s caused b y t h e U t a h W a r t w o years later, t h e b a s e m e n t h a d b e e n enclosed w i t h a t e m p o r a r y r o o f a n d was in use for at least s o m e c h u r c h m e e t i n g s a n d c o m m u n i t y socials. M e m b e r s h a d m e t p r e v i o u s l y i n t w o l o g s c h o o l h o u s e s b u i l t i n t h e e a r l y 1850s, a n d , w h e n c o n s t r u c t i o n o n t h e m e e t i n g h o u s e r e s u m e d in 1858, t h e y c o n gregated in private h o m e s . I n April 1863 t h e 900-seat hall was d e d i c a t e d for religious ser-
