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Church Buildings

Photograph Collections Research Guide

Physical Facilities Department photograph collection, circa 1890–1988 (PH 211)

This large digitized collection contains photographs of buildings built, purchased, or rented by the Church, including temples, tabernacles, stake offices, meetinghouses, Relief Society halls and granaries, recreation halls, seminaries, institute buildings, and mission homes and offices. It is organized alphabetically by the name of the unit or building.

Salt Lake Temple photographs, 1911 (PH 600)

This digitized collection contains images of the interior of the Salt Lake Temple and the temple grounds taken in 1911.

Missionary Department photograph files, circa 1860–1980 (PH 2003)

This collection contains photographs of Church historic sites, meetinghouses and other Church buildings, monuments, ruins in Mexico and South America, pioneer reenactments, and areas in Utah. Remote digital access may be granted on a use/need basis. Contact us through the Ask Us form for more information.

Church local units photograph collection, 1880s–1960s (PH 2000)

This collection contains photographs of ward and branch meetinghouses, Church members, and branch, ward, district, stake, and mission activities Churchwide. It also contains some early mission photographs. Available upon request. Contact us through the Ask Us form for more information.