“Salt Lake Temple ~ The temple is used by Church members for marriages and other sacred ordinances designed to strengthen families, both now and for eternity. Begun in 1853, it was completed forty years later. Granite rock used in its construction was hauled twenty-three miles by ox-drawn wagons from Little Cottonwood Canyon. The walls are nine feet thick at the ground level and narrow to six feet thick at the top. The east center tower is 210 feet high and is topped by the statue of an angel heralding the restoration to earth of the gospel of Jesus Christ in the latter days.”

“Temple Square – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – North Gate – Visitors Welcome”

Tabernacle

Mormon Tabernacle pipe organ

Christus statue in the Visitors Center

Adam and Eve

Hyrum Smith (left) and Joseph Smith (right)

“Joseph and Emma Smith ~ ‘All I have to give to the poor I shall give to this society.’ – Minutes of the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo – March 17, 1842, p. 13. [Sculptor: Florence Peterson Hansen]

Church Office Building

View of Salt Lake Temple from observation deck on top of Church Office Building

View of the East from the East observation deck atop the Church Office Building

View of the North from the East observation deck atop the Church Office Building

Model of Salt Lake Temple