“It’s made up of over 100,000 individual pieces of glass fused together, then laminated.” If you drive by along State Street it is really quite dramatic,” Powell said. “(The glass) catches the light in the evenings and throughout the day, and the reverse at night. That’s because of the stained glass windows, said Ashley Powell, president and CEO of Property Reserve Inc. Upstairs, beyond the larger chapel is another wooden floor without a basketball hoop. Next to it is the door to a small kitchen. Wilks is also executive editor of the Deseret News.īeyond the chapel on the lower floor is space with half a basketball court and hoop. The meetinghouse design complements the new office tower and provides a dual-use for the building and resources, including existing parking.Ĭongregations can utilize parking in existing garages on Social Hall Avenue, with special needs parking eventually available on a section of the Harmons roof parking structure. “We are hopeful that this won’t just be a gathering place for existing members, but in fact, it will help the church grow and bring more people to downtown as well.” They want to be part of a vibrant, urban kind of setting,” Elder Pearson said. “We anticipate that many members will come and want to live downtown because they work downtown. The church also saw an opportunity for growth amid the changes currently happening in downtown Salt Lake City. Todd Budge of the church’s Presiding Bishopric said in a news release. “The idea came to have a joint-use space and build an office tower and combine that with a meetinghouse, and it’s a very economical way to do it,” Bishop L. ‘Salt Lake City is in ascension’: Ground breaks on what will soon be one of Utah’s tallest buildings.Multiple congregations will attend a stake conference this weekend before Elder Pearson is scheduled to dedicate the new meetinghouse in a special service Sunday afternoon.Įlder Pearson and others led news media and later, city officials and leaders of other faiths on tours of the new meetinghouse on Friday. The new meetinghouse includes two chapels, each with a capacity of more than 500 people, along with classrooms to accommodate two full congregations at the same time.Ī public open house will be held at the new meetinghouse on Saturday, April 9, from 10 a.m. Construction started in April 2019 and endured a 5.7 magnitude earthquake, a global pandemic that interrupted the global supply chain, and multiple wind events. The new building is the third tallest in Salt Lake City, standing at 395 feet with 25 stories. “Not just for weekly worship services, but for a host of other events that are part of our culture. Pearson, a General Authority Seventy who is president of the church’s Utah Area. “This will be a wonderful gathering place,” said Elder Kevin W. That’s why church leaders have named it the Social Hall Avenue Meetinghouse, located at 110 East Social Hall Avenue. The unique house of worship is located just a block from Temple Square and faces Social Hall Avenue, where Latter-day Saint pioneers once gathered for social events. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has built a 39,000-square-foot, four-story meetinghouse at the base of a new commercial office tower called 95 State at City Creek, complete with a steeple jutting skyward next to its entrance on the north side of the building. A first-of-its-kind Latter-day Saint meetinghouse in Utah and the western United States will open its doors in downtown Salt Lake City this weekend.
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