Show LIt 0 A o d o O KG o 0 on Y ur tha it II IIO n liE Ili views of the lilt 1 plc pIc grounds all on this p past of lite Christmas ls N rc of historic incidents 11 with interest and nark Ih t I low II ilK of events that have oc ocd ocul muc thc time when the pio d ul I Ili Ii If 17 first g gathered upon th that lt and it the thc center from I sql hould radiate tilt thc broad streets ut 01 cat nod important city Tak Taken en cu I u II the thc top tap of the thc News it shows the thc ten acre Plat hul hIli g i l of Ltd with its different structures I ar h gravelled an and i ilat gar mat lat a I striking and attractive pic pia lure i 3 most feature is the thc grandly conspicuous and its tool of loft of win windOl It is massive walls dOl do Its solid granite Its I towers the thc press of the thc and andar ar nc its gilded gos pct fl with trumpet aloft in ill graceful nl bC beauty j it its Ii kc annex antI and adjacent ap all forming a rich purl port to the thc faith devotion lib lih and ami zeal of the people who bulls bUIlt h hand their who directed I sacred and Its portals Its lon rooms from the thc are arc consecrated to the nan nau c ul of salvation for the thc living and the and alai arc vibrant with the SpIrit love an and charity charily purity and The Pile Tabernacle stands statHIs forth forthm pell peace l m Ib It peculiar form an o object of in iii inter ter toJ tl all a vast the thc roof of which rests I upon the stone walls teaks without n a pillar arching over ocr front from for lor ms It side to 10 stile a marvel to builders antI anil ordinary spectators The Thc fall lIall presents a pleasing appearance and anI taste in its architecture and aud skill kill in ill its construction Thc Pile nets of the thc Bureau of In 08 with the thc other feature of the view and the smaller r help to fill up the picture in variety Jill what a contrast they form to the scene when President tl I with ith his associate Pioneers i tenantless I stood the thc bare and and amI striking it with the point of 01 his hb cane declared l here will hc be bethe I the of our anI God l I t 4 It Thc CIty can ilc he lai laid l out perfectly square north and ami south east cast and I fht t I e on nu thc of July 1847 arrival front from the thc four li d 1 n alter after their yearn over plains and to t a 1 loss I S rivers and 1181 oJ a I We for lor the thc persecuted 11 f tj td There lacier Elder Wilford Wood rutt a stake into the ground i mid anti thell thi the Temple not no stands in f III of 01 the thc I Th lint ht attempt at building all on allI Bow I that was tits thc cry ery 4 II hl 1 28 feet on the thc lit It the thc Posts Into the soil tint hers I recd with pegs and drip I and houghs and I hru iH as shelter for I from I sun IIII tat I a platform of hoards boards for forI I put the thc place of as on Jul r 1 n t by Jul J ul 3 32 I and m n 1 I Aug I 1 religious services cre d 1 and amI delivered wr There was held the thc great III I of Pioneers da day Jill Jul 24 1849 n II tilt the Declaration of I was ans read the thc ion lIe he united States Stales was pre enk d I hetO up for reverence A Ie Ic Ivas erected on of tilt the north Isle lIle 11 IC flowery and the thc Stars aul s floated front from its summit he n f a as also in 30 the Prot and the thc ceremonies Thc file I 1 served for h r and 2111 tiled S until unlit a more substantial structure could he reared The Old T was next con strutted on the thc southwest corner of the square It Il was April 21 and and dedicated i r i iy y P r t o tr o oN N I Bill rid c 1 t April 6 I 1832 It was teas 12 II by II feet with walls and aud the roof over oer without a pillar for Its support i It was made n Oil on the thc plan I h by President Young after afterwards wards amplified in the thc framing of th large Tabernacle It seated about people There ser services ce were held old Ill all great gatherings had hul except in the heat of summer the thc in in a Bow cr cry put up on nn the cast side or of the theOld theOld Old the first hav having ing been demolished In this now note call called cd the thc Old dramatic en Ivere givers Robert u I Macaire being the thc first play pIa with John RaY I Ii I n 13 n Phil Miss Orion hiss liss Judd in the cast The platform or stand in the 01 was at first placed oft I the thc west side but was aas subsequently moved to the thc north end CIHI the running north old and south It was Ivas the thc scene of man many important gather gatherings ings Thc general conferences were i held there and amI many of tune thc discourses from the thc leading I tics of the thc Church were there Icily Thc Pile school of the thc Prophets as asheld held Missionaries were there i appointed aud sent to na ita nations lions afar off ori anti and arrangements made for the sending of tennis to the Missouri river for the gathering of the poor Thc fhe Endowment house was erect ed on the northwest corner of the thc square It was built huilt of was wa May 5 1855 and and remained until early carly in 1890 when it was taken down under directions front from President dent Wilford It was a sacred edifice for ordinances for the thc livin living and thc deal anti and was in fact a t temporary after the pattern revealed front on high On the thc northeast Part of thc rent plc pIc square built huilt the Public Works shops of the Church where n a of mechanics were employed in various occupations under the su so 0 T L f of Bishop N N K Whit i II nc C Coun Counselor elor D I n H was sub suu appointed superintendent of I Public Works and was succeeded IJ by I Bishop John Sharp and their offices I and those of the thc Church architect I I I r f 1 M I D DI I r a ar I I r TEMPLE DOORS on DIl that ground r The 1 11 granite blocks for the thc Tem pIc were hauled and placed there and stone CUtter set to work upon them There were hus busy scenes on that part of the rounds for many man years cars The Thc plc pic block was consecrated and ground J ea al 1 1 f t k rt I i I t 1 I 1 I Nr r r 4 1 1 I wi 4 I u uI I 4 t s A Ind 1111 the place designated hy by Elder Pratt with the thc insufficient at his command The Pile first observation with tile thc Instruments purchased by the Church was taken Sept 20 18 hy by the late J James antes J Jack Rek sub I I I i i i I I 1 I I I i I I I i I I I I I I I i I I I 1 l tl Cr of J 2 f r t I 1 i iI I v h I a ar aI J r h hM M I R TIll L t Li Lh h t d f 6 1 I A r t 1 J I rt I j till r c t tV i V t 1 I of M rL 1 tI a agh gh r Or broken for thc lie Temple on Oil Feb 1 t I 1853 The Thc walls the thc block were in 1852 and corm alii I cd August I 1 1854 The Thc small house sketched Oil on this page situated a little distance west of the thc cast wall of the block is the station put up in 1869 1569 for tune thc of musing housing astronomical by thc Church I the auspices of a government I al When the Coast Survey this cit city the thc experts Salt Sail Lake base and In au at a spot sot now marked by rt a stone nn n which ill is placed thc transit bought hy by the Church It is situated a trifle west of the centre of the thc station The stone with the thc inscription Great alt Lake Base Basc and nud Meridian on the thc outside lc or of the thc cast casl wall of the thc pie pIc block indicates the spot deter mimed as the h I Prof Or 01 Orson son SOli Pratt in fn 2847 1817 and front from which the lines for the streets of the city were measured The men on the thc Coast Survey were astonished at the I little distance between tine the exact spot fixed b by their use of the finest in t I r 1144 I it J rJ Jj o took many observations as did B li H and a R H R It n An cler on W V B Dougall took them therm for eighteen cars the last on Do Dc 31 1897 A record of them nil all has been kept and preserved A Aframe frame house was first t erected over the meridian stone and instruments and the walls afterwards built huilt around it The Thc location is to 40 deg 41 16 min north latitude t I I I deg 3 min west longitude The Ile standard time in this city WaS for many years earl by solar observations an and dail daily hy by to differ cot points in thc Territory Stellar oh ob observations were taken at night The exact longitude of Rawlins Hawlins Laramie and nud Cheyenne was taken in that t building II by telegraph in 1872 hy by survey sUrcy Y V B 11 Dou p sail ull acted as operator The official I surveys in this region were made with this spot for fOl a base basc Thc Pile un on and somewhat shabby ht I Itic itic tic structure is therefore fraught with historic interest j J The Present Tabernacle was coin In Ig 1863 5 and completed so as I I i ito I to hold conference therein general y April 6 Ig 1867 7 It was then without t ta a gallery which was not added and I 1 finished until April 1870 Its jut I menso roof stretch r ring ing over the thc feet length and feet width at a central height of 08 s feet to and go feet to top tap was wasa a wonder of building art an and was wa store striking in appearance diem titan 1 even alter after the gallery was erected Speakers nt at first found it cult to tomake make their voices heard in sonic sOllie parts part of the thc vast building especially if tile thc r IZ turned to tune the right or left ad 81 4 f dressing thc great At that conference which lasted Jasted three days ures were taken to gather lid all the thc laor Ioor Saints remaining m III Great Britain and Joseph F now President oi of the Church was i chosen anti as of the thc I it Twelve Thc addition of the galley galler has the thc acoustic acoustic of the and cx in addressing large audiences has rendered it comparatively easy caay for forthe k the Church authorities to preach t i when the thc building is I Thc Pile Assembly lIall f was erected for I fi smaller congregations than would j 1 convene in the thc Tabernacle and nil all as a meeting house for the Salt i b bLake Lake Stake of Zion The Thc corner 1 stones stoics were laid Sept 28 1877 the first meeting in it was held April q 4 t t iSSO 1880 it W was lS finished and dedi dedicated Jan 8 1882 Thc build building in ing is 68 hy by Ito feet and the thc height t of the central spire is feet It has a afine fine finc gallery extending ing on three sides stands for speakers anti and antiChurch P j Church authorities choir seats scats around the thc organ and will accommodate nearl nearly three thousand people Origin Originally i ally the thc ceiling was decorated with paintings representing the restoration of the Gospel the thc revelation of the r plates containing thc Book of Mol Mor loon to J Joseph Smith the thc Prophet his ordination to the thc and Mcl MCI 4 etc But these were obliterated Thc llie Priesthood meetings of the Snit Salt lake Stake are arc held therein and con conferences and other meetings of J various Church societies assemble there It stands on mi the southwest 1 corner of thc tuie block lj occupied b by the thc Old and e adjacent flowery but faces cast and runt runs toward the west The was Ivas begun II by the lay in bug of the corner stones April 6 1853 I h b Brigham Young Yong and t f H f his counsellors Lieber CI C Kimball an and l Villard Villani Richards with other Church E officials and with appropriate mid and im e Work on it was a i continued d at intervals for forty years I IThe f The Pile great groot blocks of granite now in its 1 I walls waliA were Ivere brought from the quarries r j jin in Cottonwood a distance of 01 i i twenty at first h by 1 r I reach each cac I I stone requiring f four our yokes 0 k es oI 01 t I i oxen to haul it ger Every anode tolle was cut tined and numbered for its place on l 1 1 I l the Temple block where hosts of I workmen were employed drawing 1 I their pay from the Church funds r h by the thc of the th Saints I H i the array carte came to Utah ill in 1857 h and the thc people vacated the cit city and nud i I moed southward work was of course courseN I i 1 to toJo l t e I jf Jo N t I r r r h 11 3 r n nf i j j jv 11 f t v III tits z 1 i tt t tI I 1 I f t 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