[1] Upon its completion, LDS Church leadership centralized its offices in this location, which has facilitated the direction of the expanding religious organization.

The lobby also features a statue honoring Mormon pioneer sacrifices, which depicts a husband and wife burying an infant child.

The north side of each of these wings are without windows, each having stone facades, with large ovals containing relief maps of the two hemispheres of the earth.

On the tower itself, the southern, western, and eastern facades all feature a closely spaced vertical pinstripe pattern of cast quartzite columns flanking the narrow windows, visually reminiscent of the former World Trade Center in New York City, a contemporary structure.

The observation deck is open to the public for free, and provides a good view of Antelope Island and the Great Salt Lake to the northwest, the Wasatch Mountains to the north and east, the skyline of the city to the south, the Oquirrh Mountains to the west, and Temple Square to the immediate west.