The Beehive House was one of the official residences of Brigham Young, the second President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
The Beehive House also became his official residence as governor of Utah Territory and president of the LDS Church.
[6] John Beck, a successful miner and businessman, lived in the home for a short time before it was also sold to satisfy his creditors.
Smith, who died in 1918, was the last church president to practice polygamy at the time of his death and shared the residence with four of his wives.
[citation needed] In 1920, the Young Women Mutual Improvement Association of the LDS Church opened the Beehive House as a boarding home for single women working in Salt Lake City, many of whom were working as secretaries at the adjacent buildings of the LDS Church's headquarters complex.
In 2020, the Beehive House and other historic sites on Temple Square were closed to the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.