Temple Square Hoodie

The Mormon Churches Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah Did you know? The walls of the temple are 9 feet thick at the base and 6 feet at the top. Each granite block weighs between 2,500 and 5,600 pounds and was hauled by oxen, and later by railroad, from a granite quarry in Little Cottonwood Canyon, 20 miles southeast of Temple Square. The long and laborious process of building the 170-room Salt Lake Temple began in 1853 and continued for 40 years until its completion in 1893.