It is adjacent to Young's other official residence, the Beehive House, to which it is connected by a series of rooms used as offices.

He selected a lot on the corner directly south of his Beehive House and began construction in 1873.

The Beehive House gets its name from the Beehive sculpture atop the house.

The Beehive House is connected by a suite of rooms to the The Lion House.

Beehive House - another of Brigham Young's historic homes, next door.

Several of his wives lived in the Lion House or the Beehive House; others had separate residences.

While living in the Beehive House he was engaged to engrave plates for the Deseret currency.

As the story goes, only one of Young's 27 wives lived in the Beehive House.

The Beehive House gets its name from the beehive on top of the house.

The Beehive House was used as a dormitory, while the Lion House became a social center for young women of the church.