Salt Lake Tabernacle
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Coordinates: 40°46′13″N 111°53′35″W / 40.7704°N 111.8930°W
The Salt Lake Tabernacle is a building in Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was built by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in 1867.[1][2][3]
Salt Lake Tabernacle Media
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 Tabernacle under construction
Grow's design is notable because he built the roof with hardly any nails, which were scarce in pioneer Utah
Trusses were bound with wooden pegs and rawhide
The Salt Lake Tabernacle organ
The Tabernacle with its newly refinished aluminum roof in 2008
References
- ↑ Carrie A. Moore (March 31, 2007). "Display gives inside story of Tabernacle". Deseret News. http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660207739,00.html. Retrieved February 24, 2011., See paragraph 3
- ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Style Guide - The Name of the Church. http://newsroom.lds.org/style-guide. Retrieved February 24, 2011.
- ↑ Twila Van Leer (March 31, 2007). "Salt Lake Tabernacle rededicated". Deseret News. http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/50369/Salt-Lake-Tabernacle-rededicated.html. Retrieved February 24, 2011.
