The History
The Bishop Storehouse, also called the Old Tithing Office, was built in 1906, just south of the Co-op building on first north and main street.
Like other historic bishop storehouses, the one in Ephraim was used to collect tithes. These tithes, given to the Chruch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, were 10% of whatever increases that the members of the church had obtained. In pioneer days, this “increase” often didn’t mean money.
Tithing in the pioneer days was often collected in different forms other than money, stored in bishop storehouses, which were then distributed by the bishops, ecclesiastical leaders of local LDS congregations, to needy families in the community. This particular storehouse was used to collect eggs, flour, wheat, chickens, etc.
This storehouse had several rooms: a vault to store the records of donations, a cloak room and a basement. There was also a large barn to the east where donations were stored.
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