Salt Lake Assembly Hall - Temple Square Utah

Construction of the Assembly Hall at the southwest corner of Temple Square began on August 11, 1877 lasting until 1882. The previous year, the Old Salt Lake Tabernacle was torn down at this location. The exterior looks like a small gothic cathedral with twenty-four spires on the perimeter of the building. Inside the building is a seating capacity for approximately 1,400 people and modern interior lacking vaulted ceilings. The outside stone is quartz monzonite rock from the same quarry as the Salt Lake City Temple. Much of it was discarded granite form the construction of the Salt Lake Temple. But, the Assembly Hall's exterior looks different because the stones were not cut as exactingly as the Temple's. So the Assembly Hall has a dark, rough texture with broader masonry joints between stones. A Seagull Monument sits directly in front of the building to the east. President John Taylor named it the Salt Lake Assembly Hall in 1879. Today, the Assembly Hall hosts free music concerts and is used as overflow for General Conferences.