Show ISM A s 13 1 R r am L I 1 i 1 I 14 ap 11 U I 1 I 1 ka FF faa qa MJ IL lip JI ka 4 J lq pm i bi r wi 5 1 I 1 I 1 F F Z 15 LOGAN TEMPLE AND GROUNDS SHOWING EAST FRONT AND SOUTH SIDE THE TE LOGAN TEMPLE alic above is in excellent en engraving ing 0 considering that it is on wood of aliis building winch which is to be dedicated today to day it was executed I 1 by a young 0 engraver ft of salt alt lake john and reflects 0 great er e di t upon linn him it was made from a photograph of the building taken by T IS 13 birdou photographer of logan and 1 a I photograph of a plan of the grounds as drawn by 1 I C of salt lake the photograph M of the plan of tile the grounds was also taken by sir mr cardon for the express purpose of illustrating the present article the Jori iSAi caused these photographs to be taken and the engraving 0 to bo be made and ill all who receive this issue of tile JOURNAL will possess a very good representation of the logan 0 temple the brownin crow crowning nin glory 0 of oar beauli beautiful ful city and fertile valley the view of the building is isaken taken from a point opposite its southeast corner and shows its east cast front and south side visitors tire arc apt to assume that tile the temple fronts westward towards the main portion of the ciar but such is not cot tile case it fronts eastward and the e east ast for tower er is five ae feet higher than tho the west rest oue one this beautiful and magnificent building stands upon a plateau or bench in the eastern part of logan city atan elevation of about ninety feet above the T tabernacle square and feet feel above the lovel loicl of the sea ea its site bite is remarkably fine commanding a view of cache county from tile hie of paradise on tile south to march volley valley in idaho on oil the it distance of 0 sixty miles milci and froin its towers may mat be seen providence Mill villo ily rum paradise wellsville Mci ulon newton oxford lewiston Lc wiston smithfield II 11 tie park and ami benson clarkston franklin 1 rau klin and richmond are arc hidden bidden ty by intervening hills bills when president ih bigham young fame came to locate the ite site r for the build insi adm be remarked that it was tile the filla fin r r I 1 I 1 A est ct situation It nation for it a temple that lie iio anc of f of or had seen ili n all his travels au opinion universally ender cudweed sed by a all 11 who mho have come to inspect the buil building dino V since its commencement the view from th the towers is ono one of unsurpassed loveliness and beauty embracing 0 not only the quiet charm charin of villages 0 cs it fields ly lying 1 1 1 r r so Peace peacefully full T beneath the abc ato of ofilio the oVa olier erver vcr but the rna anat sublimity of our glorious 0 old giltis E eastward rises the giant raap range 0 of tile wasatch retaining a t general elevation of from f roin to ito feet fc 4 1 I above sea level in ili the extreme so stands mt janics james named th m honor bonor of david james former bishop of paradise with an elcy aeration de ration laj on of feet in the south west and towering 0 above mention mendon and ami wellsville is Logan 0 Peak as II 11 named 1 1 on oil the IT S ecologic tl survey y maps boco feet high and adell peal jcak risia rising above allard city with an elevation of 1200 feet V ill 1 i in may 1877 pr president brighta tu 11 young 0 and counsellors Coun with several of the apostles came to logan to select a location and ant 1 dedicate dedic ito the ts 0 ground on wednesday amny Y jath and the forc forenoon noon of way may surveyors jesse jease V fo fox aud in 4 james 11 II Marti surveyed tile the foundation and on oil thursday may at noon ground round I 1 was wai broken bokon in pr presence besece of tho the farsi first presidency eucy and twelve and a la large roe 2 assembly o of tile the saints sain ts apostle orson pratt offering the dedicato dedicatory rv prayer about may 21 st t charles 0 card was appointed by president pres ident superintendent of construction of tile the temple to act under direction of tile the pestles apostles resi residing dib in ili this temple district which comprised cache box elder bear lake and rich counties excavation for the foundation began on blay 1877 and on the twentieth of july rock laying a commenced on oil the extension a win wing 0 or building a anthe north side of the temple designed 0 for furnace rooms room kitchen boffl office c 0 and reception lon rooms ro oms 80 byng feet and an 23 feet act b high ig 11 T Y or OF THE diones I 1 I 1 1 the laying of tho the orner corner 0 stones of the Temple vi its a re regarded added as a 2 most auspicious and important event and thousands of latter day saints turned out to witness the impressive union ceremonies of the occasion ovens ion they were I 1 laid iii i i sept opt 1877 tile the southeast corner corder stone by president john taylor apostle franklin D richards offer offering hiff 0 the dedicatory dedicator prayer the southwest corner stone was laid by presiding bishop ed L stid anter aith A ith prayer grayc jy by bisish his ast 1st counselor leonard 11 IV the northwest 1 corner stone was laid by george L farrell president delit of the ili high it priests quorum of cache stake with dedicatory prayer by moses thatcher Thatch cr president of tile hie stake and tile the northeast corner stone by albert 1 P Rk one of the seven presidents of seventies with prayer by horace S eldrege Eldre 0 gc also albo one of the seven presidents of seventies As each dornor corner stone was laid those who kofl made remarks appropriate to tile hie occasion which was one long 0 to be remembered r us coxs i 1 the temple is feet ion long 05 93 feet broad and SG 80 high 0 to senare square with an oc octagon tower feet high at each corner aud and a large 0 square tower at each cadi end tile the ic western stern one feet big high it ind and the eastern I 1 feet to top of yane vane afas massive sive buttresses strengthen strengthen 0 the thewalt I 1 walls walh stud the 1 ry I 1 ii a model of good Y bial workmanship V RI precisely 1 what stylo style of architecture the temple briod 0 S to would perhaps be difficult to state it II mi might 0 ailt le be described as of the ca castellated style its towers and battlements men ts justifying 0 such a classification its aspect is i lofty clear cut and ZI severely chaste and combines 0 grace race and majesty in splendid harmony harrace KIND OF ROCK HOCK USED the rock used for tile the building wa brought C from the mountains near loan lo a an and isa is a very hard dark colored sandstone so called from the great abundance abend of that marine plant found in ili the rock considerable limestone from near dear 1 lyde park was used med tor for the arches and sides of openings for doors and windows and a large quantity of a light buff baft sandstone from near franklin idaho idabo is was cut for water tables string 0 courses and caps on the battlements and towers all hauling of rock sand and I 1 lime ime was paid for by weight 0 ns as received thus eit ensuring suring 0 strict justice to every ono ae according cording 0 to his labors this system of paying for each load accord ing to its weight was it ft source of great saying saving and had previously precious prey ious y been adopted in ill the building of the logan tabernacle tar Qumi from which the bulk of tile the stone contained in ili the walls were obtained ire arc situated about five miles northeast castoe of logan in what is known as green canyon can you these quinies ati were 0 originally rigi 0 6 nally opened for tile purpose of obtaining stone for the walls of the lie 1 logan onn o nn tabernacle and the bulk of th alic c stone used in that building is the kameas same as the bulk bulkot 0 tile the stone used in ili the temple it 11 is exceedingly bard rd and durable and will last for ages aves 0 it is too hard bard and brittle to be cut into accor accurate ato shapes no ho attempt to do this was made and the walls are arc common rubble work except of coll course M the corners corner s arches etc the stone is called iron stone sand sin d stone and volcanic stone i lime sand and iron are arc cert certainly ainaly elements that abound in ili its composition but an officer of the united geodetic service has denominated it a 1 I sand stone I 1 i the linic lime used in ili the mortar with which tile walls balls are laid inid was ivas made it at the temple kiln in logan canyon about four miles from tile city it makes a remarkably hard flinty mortar and a rubble wall of the stone used in ia the temple laid with mortar in ili which this lime is used becomes practically a solid mass in ass of flinty stone the walls are arc pointed and painted with a white paint to which a little red color was added and their tint lint may be described ns as a light pale pink biuk it is to an exceedingly beautiful chaste find and delicate color TIM rn TERION the workmanship of the interior of tile the building is all first class an ali eastern architect who some time ago visited the building pronounced so some me a of the carpenter work 1 in ii it equal to anything a lie ever ev cr saw in ili hi iiii life tile floors are all painted IL a pure P are white and A nd it in all or nearly all ail the rooms are cotche covered 1 with homemade home made rag ag or utah made in ingrain grain carpets continued owr over |