Temple Square!

On Wednesday, we went to Temple Square.  Steve and Angela were working, so we did the Salt Lake City Adventure until they got off of work.

My aunt, Irene Jones, lived right by Temple Square.  She lived in this apartment building on First Avenue for 30+ years.  Most of my memories of Salt Lake City as a child and teenager came from when we visited her. 

This is Aunt Irene's door. 

It was a rainy, drizzly day.  Here we are by the Salt Lake Temple.

This is the inside of the Assembly Hall on Temple Square.  This is the first time we've actually been in the Assembly Hall.  Usually it's locked when we are there.

This is a fountain on the roof of the Conference Center.

This is a fountain inside the Conference Center.

A view from on top of the Conference Center

In 1947, the Relief Society wanted to have its own building separate from the other Church office buildings.  The women were challenged to earn some of the money for the project themselves, so each Relief Society sister in the Church was asked to donate $5 to the project.  Half of the money for the building was earned that way.  A list was kept of all the donors, and it was placed in a time capsule in the cornerstone.  On the 50th anniversary, the time capsule was opened, and a Church Service missionary typed up and alphabetized the donor list, and it was available for folks to see.  The dad's grandma, Sarah R. Decker is on the list.  (Our mothers would not have yet been in RS at this time.)

Grandma Maloy is on the list for two donations.  Does that surprise you?  Not me.  Neither of my grandmothers were on the list.  That doesn't surprise me, either.

Here we are at the "This is the Right Place" monument.