Excerpt from Views of Utah and Tourists' Guide: Containing a Description of the Views and General Information for the Traveler, Resident and Public Generally, From Authentic Sources
Store, looking northwest, includes the Tem ple, Tabernacle and Assembly Hall. Ante lope Island, in the Great Salt Lake, is seen in the distance. The Tabernacle is the largest building of the kind in America, and is capable of seating persons comfortably; it is 250 feet long, by 150 feet wide; outside heighth, 80 feet. The construction of the Tabernacle was superintended by Mr. Henry Grow. The cost of erection was paid by voluntary contributions of the Mormon peo ple. It took a little over two years and a half to build it, and it was completed October 6th, 1867.
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