Pioneer Architecture: Building Zion

When the Latter-day Saints first came to the West, it was their intention to build up the kingdom of God in the Rocky Mountains. The key word is build. Throughout the pioneer period they built all kinds of buildings, from the most mundane to the most grand. Those buildings were and still are a unique blend of form and function that set the Latter-day Saints apart then and now. This episode of History of the Saints begins the story of building the kingdom.