Salt Lake 19th Ward: Details

The 19th Ward's Relief Society Hall, originally located a couple of blocks away, was moved to be right next to the chapel.

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It's still there, but a lot of the details have been painted over.

Salt Lake 19th Ward

The Salt Lake 19th Ward is fairly iconic for its onion dome. Built in 1890-92, it came at a time when the Church began to branch out into other forms of architecture. The onion dome has oriental origin, and has been used in Byzantine and Russian architecture.

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It also departed from past architectural types by including a small lateral structure between the entry tower and the actual assembly hall, which obscures the front of the hall itself.

The building was sold sometime around 1975-78, I believe. It is now owned by the Salt Lake Acting Company.

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