We went for a concert. Not the most comfortable seating, but the building is wonderful and the history is enchanting. Delighted to have a chance to visit!
The Temple was built in the 1870s and has two staircases designed by Mitt Romney, great great grandfather of the presidential candidate. The are beautiful, and the temple is now used for visitors, and special events. The organ is amazing and has over 100 pipes so I am sure that the music is beautiful. The temple is free and open to the public, no donations or gift shop, which is impressive - they are not after your money.
This place isn't anything particularly special, it's a nice big building and has good acoustics. Why I think it's great is when there's a concert! The music is lovely and there's a great feel to the place. The all seeing eye on the wall is typical masonry at its finest but overall it's a fun free place to visit it St George.
The staircases are masterpieces and worth looking at. The inside is only open because it is now used by local community. Free tours and history of the building are conducted by volunteers.
Well informed guides...one of our group got to actually play the organ (great sound). This is a lovely building and the Elders and Sisters have such love and reverence for their history...they love to share it with visitors
We stopped into the tabernacle after visiting the St. George Visitor Center by the temple. It helped us to understand the difference between a chapel, a temple, and a tabernacle. The couple who were giving tours of the tabernacle were absolutely delightful. They were warm and quite informative without being pushy (like some religious groups can be). The tabernacle itself has an interesting history that was fun to discover.
This is a neat historical building. They have occasional concerts here. It's original architecture leave you marveling at how they built this building with the tools they had in the 1800's. Ask about the spiral staircase.
Got a great personal tour of the site and was able to learn some of the construction techniques the early settlers used to build a great structure. They still have public performances during the week.
Like most Mormon-maintained sites in St. George, the tabernacle is clean, even sparkling, and accessible. A short tour with a Mormon elder, so expect a "sales pitch", although mild. Lots of good history and a bizarre story about how Brigham Young, the prophet and church president of the time, demanded physical change to the completed structure and accomplished it!
Interesting LDS church history tour. Worth a visit. Intimate small tours. Friendly guides. Amazing how Pioneers could accomplish all that they did with nothing but hand tools.