• Village of beehive houses in Harran, Turkey. Another view of beehive houses in Harran. A beehive house is a building made from a circle of stones topped with a domed roof.
  • Brigham Young was also governor of the Utah Territory, and the Beehive House was also used to receive and entertain visitors to the territory.
  • The Beehive House. Visit Website. ... Interesting history, the house is well maintained and cared for. The flower garden in front of the house is gorgeous!
  • I had always assumed the beehive houses of Harran were small and lacking in comfort but when I saw them, I realized I was wrong.
  • Although the beehive houses in Turkey are specific to the region of Harran, their designs were used all over the world including Africa and Scotland.
  • Built between 1853-1855, the Beehive House served as the residence for the Church of Latter-Day Saints' second president Brigham Young and his twenty wives.
  • Near this time, Brigham deeded the Beehive House to Decker.[7] She lived there until she sold it to John W. Young, a son of Brigham and Mary Ann Young.[8].
  • The Beehive House is open for free, missionary-led tours. The Beehive House and the Lion House were the residences of Brigham Young’s large family.
  • The beehive house is typical of Celtic dwellings from 2000 bc in Scotland.
  • To the left is the Lion House , which was completed two years after the Beehive House. It had 20 bedrooms and was able to accommodate more of his wives and...