Temple Square Past and Present
Salt Lake City’s Temple Square is more than just a place of worship, it is the administrative center of a major world religion. What began as an open-air gathering place has become an architectural marvel in the heart of a major American city. It is also home to beautiful gardens and world class music. Over the years, several buildings have been demolished and new buildings constructed, allowing Temple Square to be adapted to the needs of the the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Salt Lake City community. Few of the millions of people that visit Temple Square each year recognize that Utah's most popular attraction is almost constantly changing.
The Bowery and the Old Adobe Tabernacle
The Bowery and the Original Adobe Tabernacle served as public assembly spaces in Salt Lake City’s early years. They helped the city develop as a tight-knit community despite the challenges faced by the early pioneers.
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The Endowment House
Until the completion of the Salt Lake Temple in 1893, another structure on Temple Square, the Endowment House, was the city’s most holy place of worship for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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The Salt Lake City Bureau of Information
The Salt Lake City Bureau of Information was created to provide information about the city and promote a positive image of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Salt Lake Assembly Hall
Built as a cold weather alternative to the nearby Tabernacle, the Salt Lake Assembly Hall is a meeting place, concert hall, and church building for Latter-day Saints and the Salt Lake community.
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Salt Lake Temple 1966 Annex
In 1962, the original Salt Lake Temple annex was demolished. Until the new, much larger annex was completed, the North Temple Square Visitors Center functioned as “a temporary annex and temple entrance”.
Upon the completion of the new annex, the facility was dedicated in a private ceremony by…
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Salt Lake Temple Original Annex
Latter-day Saint Church architects, learning through the experience of building the Endowment House and temples in St. George (1877) and Logan (1884), Utah, realized the necessity of having an annex for the Salt Lake Temple. The purpose of a temple annex is to serve as “a transitory space... a…
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The Salt Lake Temple
The Salt Lake Temple has become one of America’s most recognizable religious buildings. Hewn out of local granite, it prominently stands at the center of Utah’s capital city
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