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In 2012 security guard Bil Zamora told FOX 13 he heard a bang and something slide across the floor, and later heard "this moaning, right up to my ear" while closing up near the law library. Source: FOX 13, 2012.
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Real history
The building was put up between 1891 and 1894 to house city and county offices. It was seen as a symbol of non-Mormon citizens' defiance of the LDS Church, and Wikipedia says it was designed to rival the Salt Lake Temple as the city's architectural centerpiece (Wikipedia).
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Then and now
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