Eagle Gate

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The Eagle Gate monument is a historic monument - more in the form of arches from the gateway - seventy six feet, located at the State Street intersection in South Temple, adjacent to Temple Square, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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History

The monument was founded in 1859 and commemorates the entrance to the Brigham Young property at the mouth of City Creek Canyon. It was originally ended by a wooden eagle, renewed several times and eventually replaced by a 4,000-pound, bronze eagle, with a wingspan of 20 feet (6.1 m). Carved by Ralph Ramsay, the original wooden eagle is on display at Daughters Princess Pioneer Museum located at 300 North Main Street.

The first Eagle Gate was overhauled and enlarged with new stone pillars and wider reverse arches in the early 1890s (with Ralph Ramsay's eagle rebuilt and reinforced); designed by Don Carlos Young, an architect of Brigham Young's son. Due to the widening of State Road in the early 1960s, previous monuments including Ramsay's eagles were removed and replaced with a much larger and larger third-generation Eagle Gate, designed by Salt Lake City architect George Cannon Young. Young is the son of Don Carlos Young and Brigham Young's grandson. This monument is one of the most famous pioneer landmarks in Salt Lake City, and its current design is one of the best examples of Salt Lake City from Medieval Modern design.