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50 years ago
The Presiding Bishop announced plans during the week of Aug. 1–8, 1959, to restore the Beehive House to its original state as a memorial to Brigham Young.
The article reported: "The [Beehive] House, once the residence of President Brigham Young, is to be restored as far as possible to its original state and opened to the public as a memorial to the Church leader.
"This announcement was made during the week by the Presiding Bishopric to whom the First Presidency has given the responsibility of supervising the restoration."
It continued: "Objective of the [restoration committee] is to restore the building and grounds to their condition in 1877 at the time of the death of Brigham Young. … Alterations in the building made subsequent to that time will be retained as far as they are appropriate."
The article said two of the original chandeliers that had hung in the Beehive House were presented to the committee by the Auerbach Co. and were remodeled to hold electric lights. The building was chosen by the Advisory Committee of Historic American Buildings Survey for its "exceptional historical or architectural interest."
