If I have the story straight, sometime during the early part of the last century (I forget the exact date) Richard S. McAllister (Dick Mac, who was my paternal grandmother's father) was bishop of the ward in Kanab. He received permission to build the chapel you see below. Since then the Church has added more structure (about 2 1/2 times more) to it. It appears to be a stake center now. It looks to me like the original entrance was where the window now is in the photo on the right.
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Then over in Rockville (which was our favorite place, and it was Flag Day so there were American flags all up and down the main road - beautiful). We stopped at the cemetery and found the grave markers for John C. and Kezia Hall. Below is a couple of overall shots of the Hall section with the gorgeous cliffs in the background.
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The stone of the left is for John C. and Kezia, and the one one the right is John C.'s Utah Militia marker.
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Of note is the pillar (below) with LeRoy Hall (son of Alf and Julia who died in the mission field) marked on one side, and Alfred L. Hall Jr. (son of Alf and Julia) on the other side. Hmm, never heard of him. The marker indicates that he lived only 2 1/2 or 3 years, but I don't remember seeing his name anywhere on the family records. More photos later...
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I chanced on to your blog when I googled "Kanab Stake Center." You might be interested that the old part of the chapel is nearing restoration. The stake center built in 1958 has been torn down and a new stand alone building in also nearing completion. The old church building will be stake offices and a geneology library.
By the way, I grew up in Kanab.
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