Second Ward (Salt Lake): Stained Glass Details

July 2022: I originally posted photos of the Salt Lake Second Ward in 2015, but am now updating this post with more recent pictures.

 

My guess is that the corner tower used to be open, but now it has a drop ceiling covering it up. It also looks like it has beams that are strengthening the tower, likely for seismic measures.

 

 There are some small windows in the tower:

 

But the largest one is at the back of the chapel. This is the second reproduction of the First Vision window that is located in the Salt Lake Temple's Holy of Holies. The first was the window in the Seventeenth Ward (now leased to the American Heritage School), and that window was taller, allowing the Father and Son figures to expand more vertically. This window is shorter, and uses more warm colors (reds and golds) than the 17th window's purples and greens.

 

Like the 17th Ward, the words of James 1:5 run across the bottom of the window.

Unique to this window, a seagull (instead of the traditional religious symbol of a dove) is depicted at the top.

Second Ward (Salt Lake): Chapel Interior

July 2022: I originally posted photos of the Salt Lake Second Ward in 2015, but am now updating this post with more recent pictures.

 

This chapel is one of my favorites to visit. The large corner tower entrance comes into the back of the chapel. At the front of the chapel is a large painting by Dan Weggeland, a reproduction of Da Vinci's The Last Supper.

Stained glass windows on the sides let in lots of colorful light.

Near the front, on the right side, is a small cry room.

The rest of the building is a patchwork of additions and remodels that can be confusing to navigate. There is one grand staircase that leads to the rest of the building, and in this area is a large mural of the Hill Cumorah painted by C.L. Waterlyn in 1940.

At the back of the chapel is this stunning stained glass of the First Vision. See my other post for more more detailed pictures of it.

 

Second Ward (Salt Lake)

(Source: Church History Library) 

This chapel was built in 1908. It has a beautiful design.

The large window is a stained glass depiction of the first vision.