Young wanted the Tabernacle roof to be self-supporting, without pillars or posts to obstruct audience views, so bridge-building techniques of the day were employed. The domed roof was created by using steam to bend the massive beams and weighing them at both ends. Construction of the Tabernacle lasted 12 years, from to Read more Nearly 1. The 11,pipe Tabernacle Organ features prominent golden pipes made of round wood staves, hand-carved from Utah timber.
Ten pipes from the original organ still work. The building's last meeting broke up when part of the ceiling fell into the crowd, causing chaos. By , the structure was considered unsafe.
It was torn down a few years later, Christensen said. We're lucky to have a photo. Construction on the Uintah Stake Tabernacle in Vernal, Utah, lasted from to , with faithful members donating considerable labor and substance until its dedication on Aug.
On that occasion, President Smith said "he would not be surprised if a temple were built here some day," Chad Hawkins wrote in his book " The First Temples.
A more modern stake center was built in , resulting in less use of the tabernacle. In , the LDS Church announced it was closing the old sandstone and fired brick pioneer structure due to safety concerns. At one point, President Gordon B. Hinckley and President Thomas S. Monson came for a tour, and after careful study and prayer, it was announced in that the tabernacle would be remodeled into a temple.
The Vernal Utah Temple was dedicated in It was built as an offering unto Thee, and was held in the affections of the people long after it was used as a house of worship. We thank Thee for this sacred structure, and for all who have worked on it. In June , a special funeral service was held in the Garland Tabernacle for the four sons of valley residents Alben and Gunda Borgstrom, all of whom died while fighting in World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the military to send a fifth brother, Boyd, home from the Pacific, according to a Deseret News article.
Herbert Maw and Gen. Mark W. Clark, who directed the U. Both President Smith and Clark spoke. President Thomas S. Each tabernacle has its unique story.
You would have expected them to build a vernacular structure; a rectangle with a roof on it would have done the job," he said. They wanted this to be a building that represented a house of worship. They secured the services of Joseph Don Carlos Young, Brigham Young's son and one of the best architects in the region. They spent years stockpiling materials as they awaited approval from church leaders.
The go-ahead came in after the Logan Utah Temple was completed. The tabernacle was completed four years later and is still in use today. They had a vision for something that was much grander than themselves, and they made it happen. I think it would stack up nationally with other buildings built in this decade. McKay, then second counselor in the First Presidency, about four months before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in In the years that followed the attack, the downtown Honolulu tabernacle became a spiritual sanctuary for Latter-day Saint servicemen, Utt said.
George a "jewel," Christensen said ; and Montpelier, Idaho, which recently received a preservation award. Grant would go to practice singing after playing golf, is still in use. By , a new tabernacle was built in Ogden adjacent to where the original Weber Stake Tabernacle was constructed in it was torn down in to make way for the Ogden Temple. The Ogden Tabernacle would be the last newly constructed building that would represent tabernacles as a building type in the church, Christensen said.
Christensen and Utt said church leaders also recognized the need to build meetinghouses outside of Utah in the major metropolitan areas, such as New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles and Hawaii. Temple construction later began in prominent cities such as Washington, D.
The next major building that led to change was the Oakland Interstake Center, which was built years before the Oakland California Temple was dedicated in It was intended for the use of multiple stakes in the Bay Area, Christensen said. They considered all the little details, such as putting wooden pegs in the wood, pegs placed cross-grain to maximize the strength and minimize the weakness of the wood.
Three kinds of stone — red and purple sandstone and grey granite — were used in the stone support piers. Careful selection of the details significantly influenced the interior of the Tabernacle as well. Oversize paneled doors were hung with four hinges; windows featured 18 panels of glass in contoured, double-hung frames. The crowning construction detail, the tabernacle organ, was fashioned from Pine Valley, Utah, ponderosa pine and then painted with a faux mahogany grain.
Utilizing the honed skills of the organ builder, Joseph Ridges, the initial installation included pipes. Ralph Ramsey, a talented cabinetmaker, created the now-landmark casework surrounding the organ pipes. Even though the sound transmission in the oval-shaped building was vastly improved from previous gathering sites, difficulties remained. Canopies, curtains and swags across the ceiling were installed at various times to improve the acoustic capacity. Finally, in , Angell added a gallery — a balcony that stands more than two feet from the plaster walls — and a function that allowed the sound to pass through the gap and minimized the echoes.
Though the first conference was held in the Tabernacle in October , the official dedication was not until October Use of the Tabernacle as a community gathering place beyond Church services began with an initial musical performance in Anthony and Helen Keller. John Philip Sousa presented an concert, and Jascha Heifetz offered a recital in Over the years, the Tabernacle has gone through numerous remodeling phases: gas lights to electricity, a new stand and pulpits, organ expansion and updating, resurfacing of the support piers, replacement of the pine shingles with metal shingles then a standing aluminum seam roof , a new floor and most recently, seismic and structural renovations.
Church historians Elwin Robison and Randall Dixon summarized the remarkable construction of the Tabernacle:.
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