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Salt Lake City Masonic Temple Sphinx – Utah

Salt Lake City Masonic Temple Sphinx - Utah

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Salt Lake City Masonic Temple Sphinx, with a marble globe of the world between its feet. The Temple is the Masonic headquarters for Utah, and is an example of Egyptian Revival Architecture. It was completed in 1927, and is located in the South Temple Historic District of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Aerial View of Utah State Capitol Building – Salt Lake City

Aerial View of Utah State Capitol Building - Salt Lake City

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The Utah State Capitol Building was constructed over 4 yeras, between 1912-1916. designed by Richard K.A. Kletting, it uses the Neoclassical revival, Corinthian architectural style.

The building houses two of three branches of state government. The Utah House and Senate, and the executive branch. The building houses the offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and the state auditor.

Statues on the grounds of the capitol include those for Daniel C. Jackling, Edward Harriman, Thomas L. Kane, Martha Hughes Cannon, Marriner S. Eccles, and one to Chief Massasoit as a tribute to the Wampanogas chief who greeted the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts.

Utah’s first capitol building, known today as the Utah Territorial Statehouse, is located in Fillmore.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Cathedral of the Madeleine – Salt Lake City, Utah

Cathedral of the Madeleine - Salt Lake City, Utah

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An interior view of the Cathedral of the Madeleine, with its decorative columns, stained glass windows, iconography art and lighting. The cathedral is located in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The cathedral was built under the direction of Lawrence Scanlan, the first bishop of Salt Lake. It was designed by architects Carl M. Neuhausen and Bernard O. Mecklenburg. The outside is a Neo-Romanesque design, while the inside is Neo-Gothic. Construction began in 1900 and was completed in 1909. It was dedicated by Cardinal James Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore.