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Aerial View of Utah State Capitol Building – Salt Lake City

September 14, 2022 0 Comments

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.

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Capitol Reef Barn – Fruita Valley – Gifford Homestead

September 8, 2022 0 Comments

Capitol Reef Barn - Fruita Valley - Gifford Homestead

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Known as the Pendleton Barn, this historic farm building lies at the heart of the Fruita Valley in Capitol Reef National Park. The barn is named after its builder, Calvin Pendleton, a polygamist, who founded what is today known as the Gifford Homestead. The Giffords were the third family to own the property, and during their 41 years on the farm, raised dairy cows, hogs, and sheep, as well as chickens and ducks. The Giffords moved to the Fruita Valley in 1928, and were the last to leave it, when they sold the homestead to the National Park Service in 1969.

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Cathedral of the Madeleine – Salt Lake City, Utah

September 8, 2022 0 Comments

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.

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