This is the small church (assembly hall) which was built with left over materials from the larger Salt Lake Temple. Completed in 1882. It is used for meetings and concerts.
Tjis is the organ case inside the Mormon Tabernacle. It has ocer
12,000 pipes and is the 12th largest pipe organ in the world. During
the organ recital various lighting effects were used, one of which is
shown in the photo on the right.
This is the Salt Lake Temple. It is considered sacred ground and only
members of the church in good standing are permitted in. It is used
essentially for marriages and baptisms. It took 40 years to build
(between 1853 and 1893)
A view down the mall to Downtown SLC and another view of the Salt
Lake Temple.
we went to the top floor (26th) of the Church Office Building,
headquarters for the Mormon Church. There were nice views of Salt
Lake City to be seen, including the state capitol building and this
red mansion.
Another view was of the university stadium which will be used for the
opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002 winter olympics.
Yoshiko can be seen standing by the memorial to the Mormon pioneers
who hame west pulling their carts by hand .
These pictures show the large auditorium of the new conference
center. There are three tiers of seats, each tier has 7000 seats.
Quite impressive.
The rostrum and the organ case in the new conference center. The
woodwork on the rostrum is cherry veneer, all from a single cherry
tree from the east coast.
The organ case has over 8000 pipes