Episcopal Church. Diocese of Utah.

The Episcopal Church was the first protestant church organized with concerted effort in Utah. The Rev. Daniel Tuttle was chosen as missionary bishop of Montana, Idaho and Utah on October 5, 1866, and was consecrated on May 1, 1867. He served as bishop until 1886. Tuttle arrived in Salt Lake City on July 4, 1867. George Foote and T.W. Haskins, who held the first church service at Independence Hall in May of 1867 and began raising funds for a school, preceded him. St. Mark's school opened on July 1, 1867, the first non-Mormon school in Utah. Rowland Hall boarding and day school for girls opened in 1880. The two schools combined and became Rowland Hall-St. Mark's School in 1964.

The cornerstone of the Cathedral Church of St. Mark was laid July 30, 1870. The parish was formally organized in November of that year, with Bishop Tuttle as Rector. The Cathedral was occupied in May of 1871, and is listed on the Utah State and National Historic Registers.

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