Tuesday, July 2, 2013

The Bee Hive House

We spent the last day of our trip in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Among a few other sites, we visited the Bee Hive House, the former home of Brigham Young.  I was thrilled that they allowed photos in the house.  Some of the furnishings belonged to BrighamYoung, but others were "of the period".






It probably is no surprise that my focus was on the needlework in the home.



There were two samplers, but no information about either one.



Here is a snippet of the beautiful floral carpet in one of the rooms.





This was the wedding dress worn by one of Brigham Young's daughters.


11 comments:

Dede said...

Thanks for sharing the photos. Very interesting place. Love the samplers.

Karen said...

Thanks for sharing these photos. I'll be in SLC in two weeks but probably won't have time to visit the beehive house myself.

Annette-California said...

Every photo just kept on making me smile. Oh Ellen you did a fantastic job of capturing all the sewing accessories and pretties:) thank you soo much for sharing with us.
Looks like your having a great time. love Annette

Vickie said...

Such a feast for a needleworker's eyes! Thank you for sharing.

Vera said...

Lovely pictures. I want that little sewing bird in the last one!

MJ Hunt said...

Wonderful pictures! Thanks for sharing them.

Barb said...

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing the pictures. I love the bee hive post.

Margaret said...

Wow! I loved seeing all of this, Ellen! I read a novel not so long ago set in the Beehive House. To see it for real is amazing! And all the needlework items, and that beehive stair post! Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

Melody said...

Thanks for sharing. What a beautiful house. Loved the newel post and that quilt on the bed!!

woolwoman said...

thanks for showing so many great photos of the Beehive House - all very interesting. Cheers Mel

Jean said...

Thanks for sharing those pictures, very interesting.