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Temple Square is a 10 ... home of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square. The Tabernacle was built between 1864 and 1867 with an overall seating ...
The Tabernacle was built between 1864 and 1867 on the west center-line axis of the Salt Lake Temple. In 1892 it was the largest assembly hall in the United States. [ 8 ] The roof was constructed in the lattice-truss arch system, which was devised by Ithiel Town and is held together by dowels and wedges.
At 253,015 square feet (23,505.9 m 2), it is the largest Latter-day Saint temple by floor area. Dedicated in 1893, it is the sixth temple completed by the church, requiring 40 years to complete, and the fourth temple built since the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1846. [2]
The largest such tabernacle is in Salt Lake City on Temple Square. The last tabernacle commissioned by the church was the Ogden Stake Tabernacle, built in 1956. While some tabernacles are still used for a few ecclesiastical and community cultural activities, stake centers are now normally used in their place.
Building began on the southwest corner of Temple Square on the site of what was called the "Old Tabernacle," razed earlier that year. The old structure, an adobe building determined by the LDS Church to be inadequate, was built in 1852 and seated 2500.
Before this time, all but the Swiss Temple were at least 45,000 square feet (4,200 m 2), and the average size of the first 20 temples was 103,000 square feet (9,570 m 2). The new temples varied in size but were generally less than 25,000 square feet (2,300 m 2 ) allowing temples to be built where there were fewer members.
The 1,400,000-square-foot (130,000 m 2) Conference Center seats 21,200 people in its main auditorium.This includes the rostrum behind the pulpit facing the audience, which provides seating at general conference for general authorities and general officers of the church and the 360-voice Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.
[4] [5] The casework was inspired by the design of the Boston Music Hall organ (which is now housed, since 1909, at the Methuen Memorial Music Hall), the original organ was built in 1863-1867 by an Englishman, Joseph Ridges. Ridges' instrument contained some 700 pipes and was constructed of locally derived materials as much as possible.