Honoring the Builders of the Salt Lake Temple

The Salt Lake Temple took forty years to build — from the cornerstones of 1853 to dedication in 1893 — and it consumed the working lives of a generation of craftsmen: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, teamsters, and laborers, most of them ordinary Latter-day Saints who never saw it finished. This marker honors them rather than the leaders who planned it. It's a worthwhile correction. The temple is remembered as Brigham Young's vision and Truman Angell's design, but it was raised, block by granite block, by people whose names the building does not record.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Lagoon Amusement Park — 0.2 mi
  A beloved family amusement park operating since 1886
• Hill Aerospace Museum — 9.8 mi
  Over 90 military aircraft displayed indoors and on the tarmac
• Ensign Peak — 13 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley
• Salt Lake City — 15 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.

More markers nearby

• Temple Quarry SUP Members — steps away
• Pony Express Museum — steps away
• Honoring Builders of Salt Lake Temple — steps away
• Primary Organized & Farmington Meeting House — 0.2 mi