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The Church Office Building from the LDS Conference Center. In 1985, the Genealogical Society was moved to another building across the street. [5] During the 2002 Winter Olympics, the west side of the building was draped with the image of a female figure skater. The lobby of the building is dominated by a massive mural depicting the Great ...
George W. Bush (right) meets with church president, Gordon B. Hinckley (left), and his colleagues on August 31, 2006, in the Church Administration Building.. Initially, the Church Administration Building housed all administrative offices of the LDS Church, but as membership grew and leadership and staff expanded, the workers were scattered in office buildings throughout downtown Salt Lake City ...
President Dwight D. Eisenhower laying the Interchurch Center's cornerstone on October 12, 1958. The center was built in 1958 with gifts by John D. Rockefeller Jr. and other donors, together with a consortium of religious denominations, with the objective of encouraging cooperative work among such diverse religious groups as the Orthodox, African-American, and mainstream Protestant ...
After a City Council hearing about a proposed church office building, it seemed almost no one was happy with the outcome. The Tuesday meeting was one of the final steps for Boise’s Roman ...
Catholic Diocese threatens Boise with lawsuit over denial of church office building. A debate over the fate of Catholic Church offices — and an accusation of religious bias.
The building ceased operations as a hotel in August 1987. A major remodeling and adaptive reuse project to accommodate both community and church functions was completed in 1993. [8] Church leader Gordon B. Hinckley chose the name when he observed that there were many monuments to pioneer leader and Utah founder Brigham Young, but none to Joseph ...
The new facility houses the Church History Department (the modern name of the Church Historian's Office) and the church's historical archives. [2] The building was dedicated on June 20, 2009. The building opened to the public on June 22, 2009, with extended hours, improved technology, assistance staff, and additional educational and training ...
The Conference Center, in Salt Lake City, Utah, is the premier meeting hall for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Completed in 2000, the 21,000-seat Conference Center replaced the traditional use of the nearby Salt Lake Tabernacle , built in 1868, for the church's biannual general conference and other major ...