"Hole In The Rock" Home, Utah

As we were leaving Utah I stopped in to see the Whole In The Rock Home which I had driven by a few times in years past and never took the time, this time I did.  What an amazing place.  It was all dug and blasted out by Albert and Gladys Christensen during the 1940's and 50's.  It took 12 years and excavation of 50,000 cubic feet of sandstone.  It is 5000 sq. ft. large.  He drilled through solid sandstone to create a 65 foot tall chimney.

Main home entrance

Entrance off the kitchen

The first sculpture of this was destroyed.  He was told by the powers to be that he had created it but not on his land so was told to remove it.  He did by chopping it out.  He was then fined for defacing the land.  Go figure huh?

Main entry

This is the entrance near his studio.

This ended up being Albert sick bed until his death.

Gladys made this bathroom herself.

This is a very well designed kitchen with a built in deep fryer!

Gladys'  bedroom

Huge fireplace.

A lovely and serene place.

Albert passed away in 1957 and Gladys continued living there and developed a unique gift shop.  She lived there until her death in 1947.  They are both laid to rest there next to the head stone that Gladys herself sculpted.