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Hannah and her husband Enoch busied themselves locating a home for the Folsoms. One of the Clawson homes, which stood at 53 East 1st South, was vacant, so Enoch reserved it for his friends. While residing in this home, the Folsoms were registered in the Thirteenth Ward. On October 26, 1860, twenty one days after their arrival, all of the family who were old enough were rebaptized.
Immediately after arrival, William H. Folsom rented a small shop on South East Temple Street (now Main Street), inserted an advertisement in the Deseret News and had business cards printed (extant) to announce his trade as an "Architect".
On October 26, 1850, the Seventies held a meeting in the Bowery in Great Salt Lake City and decided to build "The Seventies Hall of Science.” Dedicatory services for this building took place Christmas Day 1855.' By February 12, 1856, the Seventies quorums, now numbering forty, held a jubilee, at which time they dedicated improvements which had been made on their Hall. This Hall served as a reading room, lecture and study room for science, agriculture, geography, manufacturing, animal husbandry, etc. (It stood on 1st South and State Street, opposite the City Hall, on the north side of the Street)
The first building contract William H. Folsom was asked to consider after his arrival in the Valley was a large addition to this Seventies Hall. The Deseret News of May 4, 1861, announced that fifty Presidents of Seventies from man:' sections of the Territory and Salt Lake City met to make arrangements for a Hall of Science. This article is followed by another article, dated June 26, 1861, which states:
"The Seventies throughout the Territory and those abroad among the 'nations will learn with satisfaction that Prest. Brigham Young -the elected Trustee in Trust, of the Hall of Science -- has now everything in a forward state for the immediate erection of that edifice."
The News article continues with an explanation that the brick for the structure being made at the Seventies Brick Yard under the direction of Brother Rumell. Shares were to be S9ld to individuals and quorums. Also:
"It is the calculation to enclose the building this season.... With President Young as Trustee in Trust, General (Horace S.) Eldredge as general agent, Mr. Folsom as architect, and Mr. Rumell as superintendent, there can be little room to doubt of everything being done in a proper and efficient manner."
It seems that due to the increasing number of Seventies, it was deemed necessary to make a large addition on the original Seventies Hall, but for reasons not known at the Church Historian's Office at the present time, this addition was never built. The drafts and plans for this structure were the first presented to President Brigham Young by William H. Folsom. They have been erroneously credited as being the first plans submitted by him for the New Tabernacle.