Pictures of LDS Temples

[_quark]

You can see the staircase from the first picture back in the corner of the second picture.

What a *travesty* lay members are not given access to that room!

[_Everybody Wang Chung]

You can see the staircase from the first picture back in the corner of the second picture.

The above picture is Assembly Hall. The Salt Lake Temple dedication was held in this room. Assembly Hall is frequently used for General Authority meetings, to sustain new General Authorities, conduct priesthood business, and to receive counsel from the presiding Church leaders.







This picture is of the Apostles Room. In this room, the Quorum of Twelve Apostles and the First Presidency meet weekly to pray, seek guidance of The Lord, and discuss the spiritual and temporal affairs of the Church.

Their meetings begin with a hymn, a prayer and they take the sacrament.

Most Chapel Mormons believe that Jesus makes frequent appearances at these meetings to guide and direct His Church. I imagine that Jesus has made many appearances lately in order to fix the many problems with the City Creek Project.

[_gramps]

You can see the staircase from the first picture back in the corner of the second picture.

The above picture is Assembly Hall. The Salt Lake Temple dedication was held in this room. Assembly Hall is frequently used for General Authority meetings, to sustain new General Authorities, conduct priesthood business, and to receive counsel from the presiding Church leaders.







This picture is of the Apostles Room. In this room, the Quorum of Twelve Apostles and the First Presidency meet weekly to pray, seek guidance of The Lord, and discuss the spiritual and temporal affairs of the Church.

Their meetings begin with a hymn, a prayer and they take the sacrament.

Most Chapel Mormons believe that Jesus makes frequent appearances at these meetings to guide and direct His Church. I imagine that Jesus has made many appearances lately in order to fix the many problems with the City Creek Project.

I was pleased to see that there isn't a bed in that room. ;)

[_cafe crema]

This picture is of the Apostles Room. In this room, the Quorum of Twelve Apostles and the First Presidency meet weekly to pray, seek guidance of The Lord, and discuss the spiritual and temporal affairs of the Church.

Their meetings begin with a hymn, a prayer and they take the sacrament.

Most Chapel Mormons believe that Jesus makes frequent appearances at these meetings to guide and direct His Church. I imagine that Jesus has made many appearances lately in order to fix the many problems with the City Creek Project.

It's very....beige, I'm not really fond of beige on beige. The Salt Lake temple looks intriguing, are there any new interior photos. I didn't find much on a quick google "Salt Lake City Temple interior photos" search.

[_Lucretia MacEvil]

It's very....beige, I'm not really fond of beige on beige. The Salt Lake temple looks intriguing, are there any new interior photos. I didn't find much on a quick google "Salt Lake City Temple interior photos" search.

Indeed. Way too much beige, and there's no place to set their coffee cups.

[_Drifting]

This picture is of the Apostles Room. In this room, the Quorum of Twelve Apostles and the First Presidency meet weekly to pray, seek guidance of The Lord, and discuss the spiritual and temporal affairs of the Church.

Their meetings begin with a hymn, a prayer and they take the sacrament.

Most Chapel Mormons believe that Jesus makes frequent appearances at these meetings to guide and direct His Church. I imagine that Jesus has made many appearances lately in order to fix the many problems with the City Creek Project.

I guess Jesus either has to stand up for the meeting or sit in the small chair to the left of the FP when he attends...

[_Everybody Wang Chung]

At the south visitor’s center on Temple Square, there is a scale model of the Salt Lake Temple, with a cutaway that shows most of the rooms, including their decorative schemes, seating, altars, murals, etc.

There are a few rooms I know of that aren’t contained in the cutaway diorama, such as the Holy of Holies (which sits on the first floor, just south of the Celestial Room, and is separated from it only by a few steps and two sets of doors) and the council room of the Quorum of Seventy on the second floor. Also, none of the sealing rooms are portrayed, obviously because there was no way to portray them without obscuring the main rooms of the temple. The five original sealing rooms are contained on the second floor of the temple, on either side of the building, and have the circular windows. In addition to those sealing rooms, there are two other original sealing rooms connected directly to the Celestial Room, with the Holy of Holies in between them. However, because of their small size those sealing rooms are not used for large groups or live marriages but, rather, for proxy sealings. In the mid-1960’s, an annex containing seven additional sealing rooms was added to the north side of the temple. In the annex, the sealing rooms are located on the first floor.

The assembly hall seems like it would be a really nice place to play basketball, or watch a classical orchestra perform. The hardwood floor, based on photos I’ve seen, looks immaculate (And, no, Jesus does not make a personal appearance to newly called general authorities in that room.)

The photos of the diorama below are two that I took in August:






The original pioneer temple isn’t so big on the inside. Half of the structure is taken up by the cubic footage of the Assembly Room. The temple gets its large amounts of square footage mostly from underground additions added by the annex in the mid’60’s.

I know this probably sounds kind of weird and all, but the Salt Lake Temple is really fascinating. All those old pioneer temples are. Kind of reminds me of the Munster house, or the Winchester mystery house.

I visited the Salt Lake Temple in August for a session. I’d never seen a live performance of the endowment before. I can’t say I prefer it over a film (and we need a better film ASAP), but it was interesting. Mostly, being inside that old building, which smelled of pine and wood and pioneer sweat, was an experience.

Below is a link to a blogger’s website, devoted to temple architecture and interior designs. Whatever your feelings on temple matters, the information and photos is pretty interesting.

http://thetrumpetstone.blogspot.com/