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To This Place
Gilgal Sculpture Garden: A Visionary Tribute Hidden in Plain Sight
Tucked away on Salt Lake City’s East 500 South, the Gilgal Sculpture Garden is a small public park bursting with symbolic artistry and spiritual resonance. Created between 1945 and 1963 by Thomas Battersby Child, Jr.—a mason, LDS bishop, and visionary—this hidden gem disrupts conventional garden aesthetics with powerful stone sculptures, engraved boulders, and a boldly…