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Old Salt Lake Tabernacle

The Old Salt Lake Tabernacle, was an LDS tabernacle built in 1852 in Salt Lake City, Utah. [1] [2] [3] It stood on Temple Square, where the Salt Lake Assembly Hall now stands. The building was 126 feet long and 64 feet wide and seated 2,500. It was constructed of adobe bricks. It was also called the Old Tabernacle and the Adobe Tabernacle. [4] It was the original home of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. [5] Improvements were made in 1860s, [6] but it was demolished in 1877 [7] [8] and replaced with the Assembly Hall, a larger structure. [9]

Tabernacle (LDS Church) multipurpose religious building in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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Temple Square complex in of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Temple Square is a 10-acre (4.0 ha) complex, owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in the center of Salt Lake City, Utah. In recent years, the usage of the name has gradually changed to include several other church facilities that are immediately adjacent to Temple Square. Contained within Temple Square are the Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake Tabernacle, Salt Lake Assembly Hall, the Seagull Monument, and two visitors' centers. The square was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1964, recognizing the Mormon achievement in the settlement of Utah.

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  1. ↑ Jenson 1941 , p. 83
  2. ↑ Jackson 2003 , p. 69
  3. ↑ Jenson 1992 , p. 18
  4. ↑ Roberts 1975 , p. 304
  5. ↑ Roberts 1975 , p. 318
  6. ↑ Jackson 2003 , p. 69
  7. ↑ Jackson 2003 , p. 70
  8. ↑ Roberts 1975 , p. 318
  9. ↑ Hamilton 1995 , pp. 57–8

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