I sure hope that when the temple restoration is complete SOMEBODY will do a book and include photos of all those symbols. I’ve never seen or noticed them but now that they’ve been pointed out here I’m very very interested in seeing them. Thank you for such an interesting article.
Rhonda HairJuly 25, 2020
The Salt Lake temple is a truly astonishing reminder of the sacrifices and efforts of those who came before.
There is a clarification that perhaps ought to be made, however. The article states,
"The building’s architect Truman O. Angell, who had previously worked on the Nauvoo Temple, was called and sustained as Architect for the Church in the April 1867 session of General Conference."
He was originally sustained as the Architect of the Church in 1851 after the man everyone thought would be the architect left the Church and the area. Trumann had worked on the Nauvoo Temple, but only as the foreman of the 'joiners' (carpenters). This new assignment terrified him. and he was sent on a mission to Europe to study architecture. He designed many buildings before resigning in 1861. In 1867 Brigham Young asked if he would be willing to take that burden again, which he did. His "poor worm like me" statement was made on his second week back at the job.
All of this is documented in the BYU Special Collections website, under "Supporting saints : life stories of nineteenth-century Mormons"
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KateJuly 26, 2020
I sure hope that when the temple restoration is complete SOMEBODY will do a book and include photos of all those symbols. I’ve never seen or noticed them but now that they’ve been pointed out here I’m very very interested in seeing them. Thank you for such an interesting article.
Rhonda HairJuly 25, 2020
The Salt Lake temple is a truly astonishing reminder of the sacrifices and efforts of those who came before. There is a clarification that perhaps ought to be made, however. The article states, "The building’s architect Truman O. Angell, who had previously worked on the Nauvoo Temple, was called and sustained as Architect for the Church in the April 1867 session of General Conference." He was originally sustained as the Architect of the Church in 1851 after the man everyone thought would be the architect left the Church and the area. Trumann had worked on the Nauvoo Temple, but only as the foreman of the 'joiners' (carpenters). This new assignment terrified him. and he was sent on a mission to Europe to study architecture. He designed many buildings before resigning in 1861. In 1867 Brigham Young asked if he would be willing to take that burden again, which he did. His "poor worm like me" statement was made on his second week back at the job. All of this is documented in the BYU Special Collections website, under "Supporting saints : life stories of nineteenth-century Mormons"
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