The First Mormon Temple

Robison, Elwin C.

ISBN 10: 0842523332 / ISBN 13: 9780842523332

Published by Brigham Young University Press, Provo, 1997

About this Item

SUBTITLED : ` Design, Construction, and Historic Context of the Kirtland Temple '. 216 pages including glossary and INDEX. Text complemented by b/w photographs. Each chapter has significant end-notes. Cond : Volume is charcoal with silver lettering - face and spine. D.J. is dark blue with yellowy-orange lettering. D.J. graphicis a blue print type drawing of the bldg. D.J. not price-clipped. D.j. lightly chipped at edges with one folded tear at lower edge.No names nor marks. Colours bright, binding tight. Size: Quarto.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The First Mormon Temple
• Publisher: Brigham Young University Press, Provo
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0842523332
• ISBN 13: 9780842523332
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: B/W Photographs
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good ++
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Synopsis

When the Mormon Saints dug the foundation trench for their first temple, only 150 members lived in Kirtland, Ohio. Despite a serious lack of manpower, proper equipment, and funds, they doggedly persisted in building and adorning "a house to the Lord." Both their struggles and their aspirations are recorded in the temple's structure and architecture.

About the Author

Elwin C. Robison holds a B.S. in civil engineering from Brigham Young University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in architectural history from Cornell University. He teaches in the School of Architecture and Environmental Design at Kent State University and consults on the structure, restoration, and conservaton of historic buildings. He is a co-author of Architectural Technology up to the Scientifc Revolution (MIT Press, 1993) and editor-in-chief of Architronics; The Electronic Journal of Architecture. He has also published articles on the architecture of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italy, on early American skyscrapers, and on American city planning.