Church Administration Building - Legacy

Legacy

Several general authorities have shared stories about experiences in the Church Administration Building that have enriched the legacy of the building and increased its importance among Latter-day Saints. For example, while speaking at the funeral of late church president Gordon B. Hinckley, Earl C. Tingey shared an experience when he got on the elevator in the CAB to go up to his office while Hinckley chose to take the stairs with his cane to his office. Another account, shared during a fireside by Thomas S. Monson, spoke of the importance of the priesthood when Monson recalled an experience he and his almost-12-year-old son had with then-church president Harold B. Lee in the CAB. These stories, including Boyd K. Packer's obedience lesson learned from Lee, and F. Burton Howard's account of when the youth sang "We thank thee, O God, for a prophet" in order to supplicate Spencer W. Kimball's audience, all occurred within the walls of the CAB and have served to establish its legacy in the LDS Church.