St. George Utah Temple
It also has exterior elements common with contemporary Utah structures like the Salt Lake, Logan, and Manti temples, all of which have a fortified castle appearance.Brigham Young, the church's second president, called a special council meeting January 31, 1871, in which he proposed the idea of constructing a temple in St.[2][4][5] Young selected St. George for the temple's location, citing the presence of loyal church members in the area and a desire to unify a region considered challenging to settle.[15][3] Young chose a six-acre plot as the temple site, and, despite health difficulties, he supervised the construction from a nearby winter home.[18] A 1942 interview with a local resident stated that Young said the location had been dedicated by ancient Nephites (a people described in The Book of Mormon) for a temple.Teams of oxen brought large lava rocks from a nearby quarry in Little Cottonwood Canyon to the site to be crushed into gravel, creating a dry foundation for the temple.After creating a pulley system using horsepower, workers filled the cannon with lead, encased in timbers, lifted it thirty feet in the air, and used it as a pile driver to compact the foundation.[13] Many worked long hours in the quarry after walking five miles to the site, often for minimal pay, and still contributed half their earnings to the temple.[13] Others donated food, clothing, and other goods to support those working full-time on the construction, and members contributed one day in ten as tithing labor.[20] On January 1, 1877, a partial dedication of the temple was held, making the basement, ground floor, and sealing room available for ordinances before the structure was fully completed.[6] Local legends vary in interpretation, some narratives suggesting the lightning strike and subsequent fire were perceived as a means to appease Young, while alternative accounts propose that he may have instigated the event.[45][42][43] Subsequently, baptisms and endowments were performed for these individuals in the temple by John D. T. McAllister, Woodruff, and other church members in the area, contributing to ordinance work for a total of 100 men and women.[44][47] Some individuals mentioned in these records include George Washington,[45] Christopher Columbus,[46] John Wesley,[46] along with other eminent women such as Marie Antoinette, Jane Austen, and Dolley Madison.[51] In 1938, significant modifications were made to the floor plan, involving the relocation of endowment rooms from the basement to the main level, the introduction of murals, and the alignment of the temple with architectural trends of the 20th century.[55] Other additions included a skylight, a bride's plaza, trees and landscaping improvements, an entrance to the baptistry, steel trusses, murals, a new annex, as well as updated electrical, heating, and cooling systems.The temple combines castellated Neo-Gothic Architecture with a French Norman Revival Style, with parapets and battlements, with hexagonal staircases inside the towers.![St. George temple cannon, used by Napoleon in the [[French invasion of Russia]], that used to hang in the visitors center in St. George.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/St._George_Temple_Visitors_Center_Cannon.jpg/220px-St._George_Temple_Visitors_Center_Cannon.jpg)
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