"Mormon" Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah
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| Construction commenced April 6, 1853, completed April 6, 1893, at a cost of approximately $4,000,000. Dimensions are 186½ feet long by 99 feet wide, with foundation walls 16 feet thick and 8 feet deep. Basement walls are 9 feet thick, upper walls 6 feet thick, and side walls 107½ feet high. The East center tower is 210 feet high, surmounted by a 12½ feet high hammered copper statue of Angel Moroni, gilded with pure gold leaf. |
