Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1893 — THE MORMON TEMPLE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE MORMON TEMPLE.

»tglqittea of th* Or—t mt Salt city. After forty yean, the great Mormon temple—the site for which was selected July 28,1847, by Brigham Young, at Salt Lake City, and the corner atone of which was laid April 6,1853—was dedicated with imposing ceremonies, Thursday. The building is 186>£ feet long and 09 feet wide. With tho towers it covers an area

of 21,850 square feet. The foundation wall js sixteen feet deep and sixteen feet thick. On this the granite walls are nine feet thick at the bottom and narrow to six feet at the square. There are six towers, three on the east and three on the west. The corner towers are twenty-six feet at the base. Those on the east are 300 feet high and on the west 140 feet. The east central tower of the building is 222 X feet high, surmounted by a figure with a trumpet to its lips proclaiming the gospel. The building is richly embellished with various symbolical designs, and has cost In excess of $5,000,000.