Temple Square in Salt Lake City

7/3/2010


We decided to drive to Salt Lake City today in the Honda. The traffic was pretty heavy with 4 lanes of traffic. We found our way to the Temple Square in Salt Lake City. The square is located downtown Salt Lake City, in a three block square. A large gate surrounds the square. After entering the square, I turn and look back at the beautiful flower garden and the new building with a fountain outside the square. The Assembly Hall.
The most ornate and colorful building in the Temple Square.The Assembly Hall is used today for free weekend concerts featuring local and international artists. The Salt Lake Temple.
Nonmembers can not go inside, but there is a large model of the Temple in the visitor center that shows what the inside looks like. Another garden and fountain are located in front of the Temple. On the east side of the Temple a gold angel is on top of one of the spirals. A view inside of the Salt Lake Tabernacle. I forgot to take a picture of the outside. If you want to see what the out side looks like, double click on this link below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_Tabernacle

"The dome shaped auditorium which is so acoustically sensitive that a pin dropped at the pulpit can be clearly heard at the back of the hall, 170 feet away. Listen to the symphony of sound from one of the world's great musical instruments, a magnificent pipe organ with 11,623 pipes." quoted from the Church Of Jesus of Later Day Saints.
View of the temple from the east. If you look up, you can see the gold angle above.
Looking across a Reflection Pool and Fountains toward the Brigham Young Memorial Park. Holiness To The Lord The House Of the Lord ,written on the Temple Annex Another shot of the east side of the Temple and the Reflection Pool. A farther shot of the east side of the Temple with an endless pool in the foreground, taken from the other end of Brigham Young Memorial Park. Joe and I notice that the bee hive was on many public and private buildings, as it is on the top of the Church Administration Building. We didn't know what it meant, so I researched it. and this is a quote I found on the internet. "The hive and honey bees form our communal coat of arms…. It is a significant representation of the industry, harmony, order and frugality of the people, and of the sweet results of their toil, union and intelligent cooperation." A close up of the endless pool on the other side of Brigham Young Memorial Park. The three block square is nothing but beautiful manicured gardens, pools, fountains, and buildings. Joe and I enjoyed lunch at the Lion House that serves cafeteria style food, which is very good. This home use to be where Brigham Young lived.After lunch we went on a free tour of Brigham Young's office and other homes. Brigham Young had up to 55 wives, in his lifetime and 56 children. This is Brigham Young home also, called the "Beehive House" I believe he had to build additional housing for all his wives, and children. The Eagle Gate, which spans State Street at South Temple, was erected in 1859 to mark the entrance to Brigham Young's property at the mouth of City Creek Canyon. Replaced several times over the years, the present gate has a 76-foot span, topped by a 4,000-pound, bronze eagle, with a wingspan of 20 feet. Our next stop was the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. We had heard that on the top floor of this building there were two restaurants, with great views. In the lobby of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building the ceiling had set in stain glass. At the top floor we had this great view of the temple that took 40 years to build from massive granite stones from 1853 to 1893. At the other end of the top floor of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building there was a view of the endless pool on the other end of the Brigham Young Memorial Park. This was an interesting visit to learn more about the Mormons, or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.