The Church Office Building is home to administrative support staff of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Completed in 1972, the 28-story building stands at 420 feet and is the second-tallest building in Salt Lake City. The architect for the building was George Cannon Young. The building was officially dedicated July 24, 1975, but it was already partially functioning in 1972. Since it is used as an administrative building, it is not open to the public.
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Church Office Building - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
CAUTION: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is after your soul–
“Where the Afterlife Runs on Pyramid Schemes and Polygamy”
I wandered into this polyester paradise expecting a quaint hymn-sing and maybe a cookie. Instead, I got a front-row seat to a cosmic MLM where the founder, Joseph Smith, allegedly “translated” golden plates with a magic rock while juggling over 40 wives, some as young as 14 and others already hitched to living husbands. Nothing says “divine revelation” like a teenager in a barn and a prophet who collected spouses faster than Pokémon cards. The tour guide smiled beatifically and called it “celestial multiplication.” I called it a felony with extra steps. But hey, at least the magic underwear—those sacred long johns stitched with Masonic symbols—keeps the demons out. Or the circulation. Hard to tell when your thighs go numb halfway through the three-hour block.
Then comes the real kicker: 10% of your gross income just to buy your ticket through the pearly gates. Miss a month and you’re spiritually repo’d—no VIP planet for you, buddy, just the Terrestrial Timeshare with the lukewarm Jell-O and decaf eternity. They’ll guilt you with pioneer ancestors who “crossed the plains with nothing but faith and dysentery,” so pony up or your dead grandma haunts you from the Spirit Prison’s waiting room.
Meanwhile, the bishop counts cash in a back office like a Vegas pit boss, promising that every dollar buys you another wife in the afterlife. Pro tip: if heaven’s economy runs on tithing, inflation must be brutal—hope Kolob accepts Venmo, because I’m not mortgaging my soul for a polygamous penthouse.
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Jack Baron
5 days ago
5.0
Amazing experience. Still under construction
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Deray Young
Oct 22, 2025
5.0
Best church on the planet. (Thier reward program is out of this world!)
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Brian Farr
Oct 13, 2025
4.0
Good but don't expect to see much, lots of security as expected. Luckily we were invited guests but still didn't see much.
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T Bun
Oct 13, 2025
3.0
It’s very nice place but so sad, I don’t see Cambodia flag. That’s why I rated 3 stars.