Church Administration Building

Church Administration Building
Church Administration Building
Basic information
Location Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Affiliation The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Architectural description
Architect(s) Joseph Don Carlos Young
Architectural style Neoclassical
Direction of façade North
Groundbreaking 1914
Completed 1917
Specifications
Length 140 feet (43 m)
Width 75 feet (23 m)
Height (max) 5 stories
Materials (Exterior) Quartz monzonite
(Interior) Marble, travertine, and onyx

Coordinates: 40°46′11″N 111°53′22″W / 40.76972°N 111.88944°W / 40.76972; -111.88944

The Church Administration Building (CAB) is an administrative office building of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), the fourth-largest Christian denomination in the United States.[1][2] Serving as its headquarters and located in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, the building is adjacent to Temple Square, between the Joseph Smith Memorial Building and the Lion House, on South Temple Drive. It differs from the Church Office Building in that it is much smaller and furnishes offices for the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. It also houses offices for other general authorities and their personal staff.

Constructed in 1917, the building only permits entry to church officials and their guests. The CAB has been used for meetings between church leaders and several political and community leaders, and has become a historic building for members of the LDS faith.

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Use and special events

Initially, the Church Administration Building housed all administrative offices of the LDS Church, but as membership grew and leadership and staff expanded, the workers were scattered in office buildings throughout downtown Salt Lake City—some as far away as the Granite Mountain Vaults in Little Cottonwood Canyon and at Brigham Young University, forty miles to the south in Provo. With the construction of the 2,000-employee-accommodating Church Office Building skyscraper next door, the Church Administration Building was freed up for offices exclusively for general authorities,[3] and it continues to serve as the church's headquarters today.[4]

The Church Administration Building furnishes offices for the Prophet of the LDS Church, as well as for his counselors in the First Presidency, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and other general authorities and their personal staff.[5][6][7] The building is overseen by the Church Security Department,[8] as only pertinent church officers and their guests are permitted entry.[9]

The CAB has also been a key locale for various events and visitors. As part of the festivities for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, the Olympic torch was passed through the hands of members of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on the steps of the Church Administration Building.[10] It is also a tradition that funeral processions of past LDS Church presidents pass in front of the Church Administration Building.[11] The building has hosted important visitors, most recently including Michelle Obama and George W. Bush.[12][13][14]

George W. Bush (right) meets with the late Church President Gordon B. Hinckley (left) and his colleagues on August 31, 2006, in the Church Administration Building.

Construction

Constructed between 1914 and 1917, the building is built of quartz monzonite from the same quarry in Little Cottonwood Canyon as the stone used for the Utah State Capitol and the nearby Salt Lake Temple.[15] The Mt. Nebo Marble Company supplied marble and travertine for the interior of the CAB. According to the Utah Geological Survey, "the company quarried Birdseye marble in the Thistle area of Utah County, and travertine and onyx at Pelican Point near Utah Lake in Utah County and in the Cedar Mountains of Tooele County."[15]

Twenty-four Ionic columns form a colonnade around the structure, each weighing eight tons. The building's exterior is constructed from 4,517 granite blocks.[15][16]

Legacy

MIA Scouts in front of the Church Administration Building, c. 1917

Several general authorities have shared stories about experiences in the Church Administration Building that have enriched the legacy of the building and increased its importance among Latter-day Saints. For example, in a lesson about service, perseverance, and humility, Earl C. Tingey shared how he felt inferior when he got on the elevator in the CAB to take to his office while the elderly then-Church President Gordon B. Hinckley chose to hobble up the stairs with his cane to his.[17] Another account was shared during a fireside by Thomas S. Monson. He spoke of the importance of the priesthood by recalling an experience he and his almost-12-year-old son had with then-Church President Harold B. Lee in the CAB.[18] These stories, including Boyd K. Packer's obedience lesson learned from President Lee,[19] and F. Burton Howard's account of when the youth sang "We thank thee, O God, for a prophet" in order to supplicate Spencer W. Kimball's audience,[20] all occurred within the walls of the CAB and have served to establish its legacy in Mormondom.

References

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  2. ^ Ballard, M. Russell (October 2007). "Faith, Family, Facts, and Fruits". The Ensign. http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-775-9,00.html. Retrieved 2008-04-16. 
  3. ^ "The new general Church Office Building". The Ensign. 1973-01-01. http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=dec1438d9b76b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1. Retrieved 10 January 2009. 
  4. ^ Our Heritage: A Brief History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Intellectual Reserve, Inc. 1996. p. 105. http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=32c41b08f338c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=f6f2c106dac20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1. 
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  8. ^ Bingham, Kelly (2006-09-30). "Security staffed by full-timers and volunteers". Ogden Standard-Examiner. http://www.moroni10.com/LDS_Church_Security.html. Retrieved 10 January 2009. 
  9. ^ "Temple Square ... where visitors will find peace and serenity". Deseret News. 2008-06-14. http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/52084/Temple-Square--where-visitors-will-find-peace-and-serenity.html. Retrieved 2009-02-21. 
  10. ^ Avant, Gerry & Lloyd, R. Scott (2002-02-09). "Olympic torch arrives in Salt Lake City". Deseret News. http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/41307/Olympic-torch-arrives-in-Salt-Lake-City.html. Retrieved 10 January 2009. 
  11. ^ Penrod, Sam (2008-02-02). "Traditions set during funerals for past LDS Church presidents". KSL. http://www.ksl.com/?nid=288&sid=2590558. Retrieved 10 January 2009. 
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  14. ^ Fletcher Stack, Peggy (2006-09-01). "Bush and Hinckley meet for a fourth time". The Salt Lake Tribune. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SLTB&p_theme=sltb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=allfields(Bush%20and%20Hinckley%20meet%20for%20a%20fourth%20time)%20AND%20date(1/1/2009%20to%201/1/1998)&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=1/1/2009%20to%201/1/1998)&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(%22Bush%22%20and%20%22Hinckley%20meet%20for%20a%20fourth%20time%22)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no. Retrieved 10 January 2009. 
  15. ^ a b c "LDS Administration Building". Utah Geological Survey. http://geology.utah.gov/online_html/pi/pi-60/pi60st08.htm. Retrieved 10 January 2009. 
  16. ^ "Mormon Church Administration Building". Glass Steel and Stone. http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/BuildingDetail/649.php. Retrieved 10 January 2009. 
  17. ^ Tingey, Earl C. (2008-03-01). "Footprints on the Sands of Time". The Ensign. http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=299bb00a11758110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&hideNav=1. Retrieved 10 January 2009. 
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