Utah and her people, information for tourists .. . PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS. TEMPLE BLOCK. Salt Lake Temple.—The Latter-day Saints have four temples and nearly four hundredhouses of worship in Utah. The largest temple is that at Salt Lake City. In April 1851, theChurch decided to construct this ..^-r<Mf^ edifice on its present site. OnFebruary 14, 1853, the Templesite was dedicated and groundbroken for the foundation. Thecorner stones were laid April 6,1853. The building was com-pleted and dedicated April 6,1893. The Temple is 186^feet long and 99 feet wide,covering an area of 18,562feet. In
Utah and her people, information for tourists .. . PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINGS. TEMPLE BLOCK. Salt Lake Temple.—The Latter-day Saints have four temples and nearly four hundredhouses of worship in Utah. The largest temple is that at Salt Lake City. In April 1851, theChurch decided to construct this ..^-r<Mf^ edifice on its present site. OnFebruary 14, 1853, the Templesite was dedicated and groundbroken for the foundation. Thecorner stones were laid April 6,1853. The building was com-pleted and dedicated April 6,1893. The Temple is 186^feet long and 99 feet wide,covering an area of 18,562feet. Including the TempleAnnex and smaller con-nected buildings, the costof construction is aboutfour million dollars. The SALT LAKE TEMPLE. Temple is built of granite, brought from a quarry about twenty miles distant. Before theadvent of the railway to the quarry, in 1873, the huge blocks of stone were transported by oxteams; it took four yoke of oxen four days to transport a single large stone from the quarryto the Temple grounds. The Temple faces east and has six towers, three on the east end andthree on the west end. The height of the rockwork on the east central tower is 210 feet; onthe west central tower 204 feet; on the walls of the main building 107J feet. The thicknessof the walls varies from 6 to 9 feet. The footing wall on which the building rests is 16 feetwide and 16 feet deep. The east central tower is surmounted by the figure of an angel pro-claiming the everlasting Gospel. (Rev. xiv: 6.) The figure is of hammered copper, coveredwith gold leaf, and is 12 ft. 54 in. high. The Temple is closed to the general public, being in usethe greater part of the time for bap-tismal ceremonies and sacred gather-ings. Othe
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