 At the dedication services, Bishop Brinkerhoff reported that "“it had cost $7,000 to build the house, and that it was paid for.”" Elder Rudger Clawson, an Apostle in the LDS Church, offered the dedicatory prayer and later in the meeting went on to praise all those, "“…who had assisted in building such a splendid meeting house, and the blessing of God would rest upon the people and crown their labors.”"

The handsome frame church served the members of Emery well until the post World War II years, when the LDS Church shifted to exclusively build and use multipurpose meetinghouses.Accordingly, a new, modern meetinghouse was dedicated June 25, 1956.The old building was purchased by the city in 1967 for use as a town meeting and recreation hall.