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Salt Lake Assembly Hall

40 46 '11 "N 111 53' 36" W / 40.7697, -111.8932

Entrance of Assembly Hall in front of the Monument to the seagull in the foreground

Detail amount the Star of David

Monument to the seagull

The Salt Lake Assembly Hall (Assembly Hall in Salt Lake) is one of the buildings belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the southwest corner of Temple Square in Salt Lake City , Utah.

Architecture

The Salt Lake Assembly Hall is a boardroom-style Gothic Victorian rough granite walls are arranged in a cruciform style rendering outside the room like a small cathedral Gothic. Twenty-four arrows mark the base of the perimeter of the building and a tower rises from the intersection to the ground like a cross. The cruciform shape is complemented by star David raised above each entrance. Recent symbolize the perception that the Latter-day Saints have a new collection of biblical tribes of Israel.

However, the exterior hides a false-gothic more modern interior without vaulted ceilings. Although built in monzonite , rock taken from the same quarry as the Salt Lake Temple , outside the room of the Salt Lake Assembly Hall is quite different. Assembly Hall of the stones were not cut to the same requirements as those of the temple. That means for the construction, texture and darker and rougher masonry joints wider between the stones.

Monument of the Seagull (Seagull Monument) is located in front of the building, east side.

History

Construction of Assembly Hall started 11 August 1877, at the southwest corner of Temple Square on the site of what was called the "Old Tabernacle" razed earlier this year.

The old structure, a building made of adobe deemed inadequate by the Church, was built in 1852 and included 2500 seats. The "Old Tabernacle" should not be confused with the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City , built in 1867. The dome of the tabernacle is located directly north of Assembly Hall.

During the first two years of construction, the Assembly Hall was wrongly called the "new tabernacle." John Taylor, then president of the Church, dispelled the confusion by naming it the "Salt Lake Assembly Hall" in 1879.

Obed Taylor, architect named, designed the structure in Gothic Victorian style popular at the time.

Using bursts of granite from the Salt Lake Temple under construction, the contractor Henry Grow finished construction in 1882 at a total cost of 90,000.

After the Tabernacle , the Assembly Hall was the second permanent structure completed at Temple Square. However, it has been amended several times since. A weather vane depicting a flying angel as one who was at the top of the Nauvoo Temple in Nauvoo, Illinois has been deleted. In addition, the original ceiling murals representing the ancient and modern prophets in the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been repainted.

The most extensive renovations took place from 1979 to 1983 to correct structural weaknesses in the construction of towers and roof trusses.

The organ of the Assembly Hall

During the reconstruction of the tower, each of the 24 arrows was replaced by casts of fiberglass. In addition, all wooden benches have been refurbished and a new organ of 3489 pipes has been installed. The acoustics in the building has been improved by the installation of hundreds of small speakers.

Currently, in the Assembly Hall are occasionally organized free music concerts on the weekend, and it absorbs the overflow of public annual general conferences and semi-annual Church.