Church office building
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| Basic data | |||
| Place: | 50 East North Temple ( Salt Lake City, Utah ) | ||
| Construction time : | 1962-1972 | ||
| Architectural style : | Postmodern (references to the World Trade Center ) | ||
| Architect : | George Cannon Young | ||
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| Usage : | office building | ||
| Owner : | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | ||
| Technical specifications | |||
| Height : | 133 m | ||
| Height to the top: | 133 m | ||
| Height to the roof: | 130 m | ||
| Floors : | 28 floors | ||
| Building-costs: | approximately $ 31 million | ||
| address | |||
| Address: | 50 East North Temple | ||
| Post Code: | Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 | ||
The Church Office Building ( English Church Office Building is) a 28-storey building in Salt Lake City , the management of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hosts.
The building is 128 meters high at the highest level. It is on the Temple Square Complex, on the corner of North Temple and State Streets.
history
The building was designed by the architect George Cannon Young; The construction costs amounted to 31 million US dollars . It was built from 1962 to 1972. Upon completion, all LDS Church offices moved into this building. Here, among other things, church literature is produced, the holy scriptures translated, the missionary activities of the church administered, church films produced and the construction of temples supervised.
The entrance area is dominated by a huge mural showing the missionary order . There is also a statue in honor of the Mormon pioneers ; it depicts a man and his wife burying their child.
The bottom four floors of the building have wings facing west and east. The north sides of the two wings are without windows; they have stone facades with large reliefs of the two hemispheres of the earth. At the tower in the middle, the south, west and east facades are built in the style of the World Trade Center of New York City .
The viewing platform is open to everyone free of charge. From there you can see Antelope Island State Park and the Great Salt Lake in the northwest, the Wasatch Range in the north and east, the city skyline in the south and the Oquirrh Mountains beyond Temple Square in the west.
Visitors can also visit the gardens around the building. These are redesigned every six months and contain a number of exotic plants.
credentials
- Lynn Arave, Scott Taylor: For 35 years, Church Office Building has been symbolic Mormon headquarters, operational center for church growth . April 1, 2010.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/?id=102671
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 20, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.utah.com/mormon/church_office_building.htm
Web links
Coordinates: 40 ° 46 ′ 16 ″ N , 111 ° 53 ′ 22 ″ W.