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DESERT TORTOISE: The Mormon Tabernacle On Temple Square BY R O B E R T C. M I T C H E L L
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or one hundred years the Salt Lake Tabernacle has stood like a giant tortoise in the desert. And like the tortoise shell, the famed Tabernacle shell and underpinnings have been adapted to meet the needs of contemporary occupants over the century. A balcony, which is said to have improved acoustics as well as increased seating capacity, was added in 1870; the celebrated Joseph Mr. Mitchell, a reporter on the Deseret historic preservation within the state.
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