Series on Lorenzo Snow's homes in Brigham City "Minnnie's Palace"

Lorenzo Snow's last wife, Sarah Ephramina Jensen "Minnie," is my great-great grandaunt. She was born in Brigham City in 1855 and lived here until moving with Lorenzo Snow to Salt Lake City when he became SLC Temple president (prior to becoming church president). Together, they had 5 children with the youngest passing away in 1976.

After their marriage, Minnie lived in the "Big House" until Lorenzo Snow built her the "brick house," that people referred to as "Minnie's Palace," on the north west corner of his homestead in the center of town. The home was owned by many people through the years including Lucius A. Snow, James Knudsen, Henry M. Bowring, Rudolph Kaiser, Louie B. Call, E. M. Sackett, and Judge Lewis H. Jones. Its last use was for storage and plumbing supplies.

I don't know of any photographs that show it in its original state but would love to see some if you have it. Included are photos of it through the years.

All photos are for nonprofit educational and noncommercial purposes.

"Minnie's Palace" was part of the Alta Hotel for a time. Next to the Liberty Theater in 1921. Compton photo

Home left of the ferris wheel during an earlier Peach Days, 1917. Compton photo

Taken from the courthouse roof looking west. The roof of the home is visible just below the tree line on the left (not the businesses photographed on Main.) Compton photo 1903

Sanborn Map showing the home on the north west corner of Lorenzo Snow's homestead. The red building between Forest and Young.

Bruce Keyes photo from BENJ during the demolition of the home.

By the Florence Theater 1915. Compton photo.