BGuthrie Photos: UT -- Salt Lake City -- State Capitol

UT -- Salt Lake City -- State Capitol:

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1. SCAPUT_030521_016.JPG: The beehive symbol is everywhere in Utah. It's on their state road signs, their state seal, etc. The sign by these beehives says "The Beehive. Symbol of Industry, the motto of the citizens of Utah." However, like just about everything in Utah, there is Mormon symbology behind the beehive. Another sign in the capital describes the symbol this way: "For the mid-ninteenth century Mormon pioneers who fled westward to establish a new kingdom on the American frontier, the beehive symbolized the social order they hoped to build. Well-guarded and stocked with provisions generated from the resources of the land, a hive offers protection, shelter and sustenance to those willing to work for the benefit of the group. The pioneers called their new home 'Deseret', meaning honeybee, they decorated their furniture, architecture and quilts with beehives, and they worked industriously to make the desert 'blossom like a rose.' In 1896 when the territory became a state, it was no surprise that the beehive symbol and the motto 'Industry' were officially adopted as Utah's state symbols." These particular beehives were presented to the state by the Kennecott Copper Corporation in 1976.
2. SCAPUT_030521_024.JPG: This is a new capital-complex building that's being constructed. The occupants of the capital will move into this building while the capital is refurbished for earthquake shielding.
3. SCAPUT_030521_054.JPG: Council Hall. This building was constructed in 1866 in downtown Salt Lake City. It housed the Territorial Legislature for 30 years as well as the police and health headquarters. In 1960, it was moved to Capitol Hill.
4. SCAPUT_030521_062.JPG: The Mormon Battalion Monument. The monument was put up here in 1927 by a group called "The Daughters of the Mormon Battalion." It commemorates the 500 volunteers who went off to fight in the Mexican War. They marched from Council Bluffs Iowa to San Diego, a 2000 mile march. The marble on this side depicts the arrival of the Pueblo Detachment in the Salt Lake Valley.
5. SCAPUT_030521_068.JPG: White Memorial Chapel. This chapel, located further downtown, was the chapel used by Brigham Young, Heber Kimball, and Orson Whitney, all major Mormon figures. In 1973, the chapel was moved here.
6. SCAPUT_030521_078.JPG: This side of the Mormon Battalion Monument depicts the recruitment of the battalion.
7. SCAPUT_030521_092.JPG: Chief Massasoit. This was the Indian chief who befriended the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock. It was done for Massachusetts by a Utah native named Cyrus Dallin. In 1922, Dallin donated a plaster cast of the sculpture (which is on display in Plymouth) to Utah and they had it in the capital building. In 1959, they decided to bronze it and move it outside. Massasoit himself has nothing to do with Utah which I found a little odd.
8. SCAPUT_030521_116.JPG: From left to right, look for the White Memorial Chapel, the Council Hall, the beehive symbol, Chief Massasoit, and the tall Church Office Building.
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Wikipedia Description: Utah State Capitol
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The Utah State Capitol is located on Capitol Hill, overlooking downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the home of the Utah State Legislature, the Governor of Utah, Lieutenant Governor of Utah, the Utah Attorney General, the Utah State Treasurer, and the Utah State Auditor.

Construction on the capitol began on December 26, 1912 and was dedicated on October 9, 1916. The building is 404 feet (123 m) long, 240 feet (73 m) wide, and is capped by a dome that reaches 286 feet (87 m). The granite used was quarried in Little Cottonwood Canyon, and the dome is covered in copper mined in Utah. The original construction cost was $2,739,538.00. In 2004 the capitol closed for an extensive restoration and seismic upgrade. The capitol was rededicated on January 4, 2008, and was opened to the public the next day.

The building is the centerpiece of a 40 acre plot which also includes a Vietnam War memorial and a monument dedicated to the Mormon Battalion. The renovations added a new plaza, a reflecting pool, and two office buildings, as well as underground parking. The grounds feature plants, shrubs, and trees native to Utah, as well as stunning views of Salt Lake City and the Wasatch Front.

The interior has three floors plus a former basement level which now hold base isolators meant to make the building more resistant to earthquakes. The captiol is decorated with many paintings and sculptues of Utah's history and heritage, including statues of Brigham Young, first territorial governor, and Philo T. Farnsworth, Utah native and inventor of television. The floors are made of marble from Georgia. Twenty-four Ionic columns line the central hall connecting the two wings on either side of the dome, each of which weighs about 25,000 lb. A chandelier weighing 6,000 lb hangs from the rotunda of the central dome. The chain supporting it weighs an additional 7,000 lb.

Utah Territorial Statehouse in Filmore was the territory's first capitol building, although it was only used for that purpose for one year. Starting in 1866 the Salt Lake City Council Hall was the meeting place for the Utah Territorial legislature. When statehood was granted in 1896 until the present Utah State Capitol was completed, the Salt Lake City and County Building served as the state's first capitol building.

In film:

In Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde the Utah State Capitol was used for exterior and interior shots of the U.S. Capitol.
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2003 photos: Trips this year: Three-week trip this year out west, mostly in Utah. Equipment this year: I decided my Epson digital camera wasn't quite enough for what I wanted. Since I already had Compact Flash chips for it, I had to find another camera which used CF chips. That brought me to buy the Fujifilm S602 Zoom in March 2003. A great digital camera, I used it exclusively for an entire year. Number of photos taken this year: 68,000.
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