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.