• 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.
  • The Beehive House was constructed in 1854, two years before the neighboring Lion House was built (also a residence of Young's).
  • Brigham Young was also governor of the Utah Territory, and the Beehive House was also used to receive and entertain visitors to the territory.
  • 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.
  • The Lion House (left) and the Beehive House (right) in Salt Lake City pictured in the what is believed to be the earliest known photograph of the building.
  • The Beehive House also became his official residence as governor of the Utah Territory and president of the Latter-day Saint Church.
  • 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.
  • Beehive Houses. Beehive Houses Map. A building style using a domed roof, traditionally made with a straw base material.
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