Removing a Tree Stump

This morning I could hear the noise of heavy equipment working and would feel the building shake a few times.  I looked out my window to see that they were trying to remove the stump of a large Sycamore tree that had grown up right in the middle of the orginal Tabernacle.  They succeeded and will continue to excavate and explore for any artifacts that they can find.

Link to Aritcle in the Deseret News

For all you who do not take the Deseret News or access the newspaper on the web, today's paper carried an article about the work going on at the site of the orginal Tabernacle in Provo.  See link below:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865550303/BYU-students-help-uncover-buried-treasures-from-Provos-first-tabernacle-torn-down-in-1919.html?pg=1

Update of the Excavation activities

I noticed today that there was an increase in the number of workers that were working on the excavation of the original Tabernacle.  They have cleared about a third of the area to what looks like it is the sub foundations to the walls.  The area to the southwest or righthand corner of the excavation, you can see is the most cleared area.  I noticed them sticking markers near various locations and taking pictures, not quite sure what they are looking at, but they must know :)

Information on the original Tabernacle

This post is not really from the view from my window but may be interesting, I have walked passed a monument on the northend of Tabernacle park for years and never really stopped to look at it.  Come to find out it is in honor of the original Tabernacle and gives the following information:

The ground breaking ceremony was in 1856
The Tabernacle was started 3 years later and finished in 1867
It was dedicated by then President John Taylor
The new Tabernacle was build in 1883
The original building was used for a fews years later
It was demonished in 1919

Very few people knew of this building until the news releases of the current historical excavation.

Workers carefully excavating the floor of original Tabernacle

Today I noticed the workers very carefully digging around what appears to be parts of the old floor of the original Tabernacle.  They will dig up dirt and then run it through a strainer to see if there are any fracments or items of interest remaining in the dirt. It appears to me that they are finding the bases of the original interrior walls.

A Picture of the original Provo Tabernacle that they are unearthing it's foundation

Here is a picture of the original Provo Tabernacle that is currently having the foundation unearthed.  It sits just Northwest of current location of the burned out Tabernacle and faces North to South.

My first Post from the view from my Window

Many of you know that my office window overlooks the Provo Tabernacle Park.  I just happened to be in SLC the day the Tabernacle burned down, but have waited with anticipation for what would become of the historic building.  We now know that the Church is in the process of rebuilting the Tabernacle to be another Temple in Provo.  I mentioned to Lisa last night that there has been a drastic change to area around the building in the last 2 weeks that I have been away, she said that I maybe should monitor the progress from my office window and let people who are not near by see the progress of the transformation.  So here goes my attempt to let you all see "The View from my Window"

In the last two weeks they have a project to un earth the foundation of the very first Tabernacle built in Provo which sits just north and west of the current building.