The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' 35 acres in downtown Salt Lake City contain some wonderful sites rich in history and a campus of beautiful gardens. The domed-shaped Tabernacle was completed in 1875 and was an amazing engineering achievement in that the 150-foot span had no center supports. The acoustics are incredible. Our host stood on stage and tore strips of paper to demonstrate how the ripping sound carries throughout the building as if there was a microphone. The Tabernacle houses an organ with close to 12,000 pipes. Salt Lake Temple is the largest of the 120 LDS temples world wide. Brigham Young personally selected the Salt Lake City site and the Temple was dedicated in 1893. The beautiful Victorian Gothic Assembly Hall was constructed using mostly discarded granite stone from the Temple and was completed in 1882. Church headquarters are housed in a skyscraper towering above the city with views in all directions.
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