From Deseret News archives:
Salt Lake Tabernacle rededicated
The Tabernacle, a community religious, cultural and arts center for more than 100 years, has undergone an extensive two-year seismic upgrade. Until dedication of the larger Conference Center north of Temple Square in 2000, the egg-shaped Tabernacle was the primary gathering spot for church members attending semiannual conferences.
In the early days of the church in Utah, most of the membership could be seated in the building. As demand increased, the balcony that circles a good share of the building was built to provide additional seating. It was first dedicated on Oct. 9, 1875, by President John Taylor.
Several thousand returned to the building to witness the rededication during the Saturday afternoon session of the 177th Annual General Conference of the church. They took seats on new benches that "are as hard as the old ones," President Gordon B. Hinckley quipped, exhibiting his trademark sense of humor.
Prior to the dedicatory prayer, President Hinckley said the Tabernacle had historically been "a unique and wonderful place of assembly. ... This is a peculiar building, the only one of its kind in all the world. It was built in the day of the poverty of our people. It was literally a Tabernacle built in the wilderness."
Skeptics predicted that the walls of the building would collapse when the scaffolding was removed, he said. "This did not happen, and it has remained in place through sunshine and storm through all these many years."
With the refurbishment complete, the Tabernacle will again become the home to the Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square, he said. As it has historically, it also will host many productions and undertakings and will be used for stake and regional conferences, public lectures, musical concerts and other entertainment, President Hinckley said.
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