Tabernacle
Brigham Young's purpose in building
this tabernacle was to provide an
ornament to the city. Its 3-foot thick
basement walls of hand-cut limestone
bear individual stone cutter marks.
Roof trusses were hand-hewn and the
twin spiral staircases with balustrades
were also hand-carved. The
ceiling and cornice work were
locally cast, but the 4-faced clock
was made in London. Started in 1863,
the building was completed in 1871.
St. George
Historic Preservation Commission
