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Show Know Your Community ! TABERNACLE Construction of the L. D. P. tabernacle in St. George was started on June 1, 1S63, IS months after the pioneers had arrived in the valley, and an the 62nd birthday of President Brig-ham Brig-ham Young. The southeast cornerstone cor-nerstone of the building was laid in place by Orson Pratt, Amasa M. Lyman and Erastus Snow of the council of the twelve apostles, assisted by the high council of the stake, bishops bish-ops of the four St. George wards, and Edwa-d L. Parry, chief mason. ma-son. In the stone was placed the history of the pioneers to that date, names- of the principal workers, coins, etc., and a small bottle of consecrated grape wine. Red sandstone was hauled by cx teams from the old quarry around the point of the red hill, near the west city spring. Most of the lumber was brought in from Beaver. The cost O'f the building, as it was originally dedicated was approximately $110,000, all of which was- furnished by the general gen-eral authorities of the church, and donated labor from the St. George stake. Miles Romney was in charge of the construction work, with assistants- including David M'ilne, painting; William Burt, interior plastering, and George Jarvis, scaffolding. Dimensions of the building are 10S feet long by 50 feet wide, and the height is 134 feet to the gold ball on the spire. Horatio Hora-tio Pickett climhbed the spire and placed the hoop in place to bind the boards. The building was completed and dedicated in 1S73, twelve years after it was started. Every president of the church, with the exception of Joseph Smith, who was killed in Illinois, have addressed ad-dressed congregations from its pulpit. The clock is lighted by elec-! tricity paid for by an endowment j fund provided in the will of Eliza I Pymn in memory of her husband, j Reth Pynm. . j 1 , i |