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The Salt Lake Tabernacle, taken in the 1870s as part of a series of photos for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad (established in 1870), showing granite blocks for the construction of the Salt Lake Temple (completed in 1893). The Salt Lake Tabernacle, formerly known as the Mormon Tabernacle, is located on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, in the U ...
The LDS Church has 367 temples in various phases, which includes 202 dedicated temples (193 operating and 9 others undergoing renovations [1]), 3 with a dedication scheduled, 48 under construction, 1 with a groundbreaking scheduled, [2], and 112 others announced (not yet under construction). [3]
Construction of the Tabernacle began on July 26, 1864, but construction of the roof did not begin until 1865 when all 44 supporting sandstone piers designed by William H. Folsom were in place. Grow rapidly built the roof structure from the center out, but encountered difficulty engineering the semicircular ends of the roof.
After the tabernacle was replaced by a new stake center in 1948, the tabernacle fell into disuse. In 1984, the church announced the tabernacle's closure due to "public safety reasons". A petition was formed to save the tabernacle building and in 1994, the church decided to retrofit it into a temple. The temple was completed in 1997. [14]
Even during the time that he was not church architect, Angell worked closely with the construction of the Salt Lake Temple. He continued to serve as Church Architect until his death on October 16, 1887, at the age of 77. For more than 35 years he had worked on the Salt Lake Temple. It was said that he knew every stone in its walls.
Salt Lake Temple. The Salt Lake Temple (4) is the most recognizable of all Latter-day Saint temples and is an international symbol of the church. It is the largest temple of the church, with a total floor area of 253,000 square feet (23,500 m 2). (The Los Angeles California Temple was larger before the Salt Lake temple was expanded.) The first ...
Using mostly discarded granite stone from the ongoing construction of the Salt Lake Temple, builder Henry Grow completed construction in 1882 at a total cost of $90,000. After the Tabernacle, the Assembly Hall was the second permanent structure completed on Temple Square. It has been modified several times since completion, however.
Yorba Linda California Temple: Under construction 30,872 sq ft (2,868 m 2) 5.4 acres (21,853 m 2) 18 June 2022 Mark A. Bragg [63] edit: 225 Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple: Under construction 19,300 sq ft (1,793 m 2) 2.57 acres (10,400 m 2) 20 August 2022 Matthew L. Carpenter [64] edit: 226 Ephraim Utah Temple: Under construction