User:Doncram/Honolulu Stake Tabernacle

The Honolulu Stake Tabernacle formerly known as the Oahu Stake Tabernacle currently functions as a meetinghouse for congregants of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Honolulu, Hawaii. Its location at 1560 S. Beretania was selected and purchased by the church in 1935 for $24,000. The design was completed by Harold W. Burton who received inspiration for its design by temporarily living in a shack on the plot. Ground was broken on the plot to begin construction in 1940 and the construction was contracted out to Ralph Woolley. The main gathering space within the tabernacle seated 2,400 and the 140 ft tower was the second largest structure on Oahu at the time of construction. The tabernacle was completed at a cost of $275,000 and dedicated on August 17, 1941 by LDS Church President David O. McKay who specifically prayed that it would be protected in the event of a war. Less than four months later and 10 miles away, Pearl Harbor was bombed. Renovations with additions or alterations occurred in 1974, 1987 and 1997. The building now functions as a meetinghouse rather than a tabernacle, with regular services on Sunday and midweek events.