[Minutes, Quorum of Twelve] I [Wilford Woodruff] walked through the [Salt Lake] Temple Block with President Young.
He gave his views of the Temple in Jackson County M[iss]o[uri] According to his view at present it will be composed of 12 Twelve Temples ['] a tower upon Each than a main high Tower in the center & in the centre of the Square would be a place for the people to meet & a dore through the wall of Each Temple so that those at work in the Temple could go through the door of any one of the Temples & meet with the congregation ['] He spoke of having gardens gardens on the top of the Towers with fruit & flowers growing thereon.
[Source: Wilford Woodruff, Historian s Private Journal]
This sounds like a building plan for "Brigham Young Insane Asylum and Mental Hospital," with the one exception that he should build it in Salt Lake City, Utah on the Temple Block.
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