The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' own Church History Topics page on the Salt Lake Temple, documenting the 1853 cornerstone laying, the 1892 placement of the Angel Moroni statue, the temple's 1893 completion, and the thirty one dedicatory sessions President Wilford Woodruff opened on 6 April 1893.
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The church's own published history topic page, tier 1, used here for the 1893 dedication's date, presiding officer and session count, corroborated by Hamilton's scholarly architectural history below. NotesUsed for the 6 April 1893 dedication date, Wilford Woodruff as presiding officer, the thirty one sessions and roughly seventy thousand attendees, and the 1853 cornerstone and 1892 Angel Moroni statue dates.
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PublisherThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
URLhttps://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/history/topics/salt-lake-temple
Source TypeInstitutional
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