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The monument was erected in 1859 and commemorates the entrance to [[Brigham Young]]'s property at the mouth of [[City Creek (Utah)|City Creek Canyon]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Brigham Young Monument and Eagle Gate |url= http://www.lds.org/placestovisit/location/0,10634,1783-1-1-1,00.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20020202185930/http://www.lds.org/placestovisit/location/0,10634,1783-1-1-1,00.html |dead-url= yes |archive-date= 2 February 2002 |date= |work= Places to visit |publisher= [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS Church]] |accessdate= 16 September 2009}}</ref> It was originally topped by a wooden eagle, refurbished several times and eventually replaced by the current 4,000-pound, [[bronze]] eagle, with a wingspan of {{convert|20|ft|m}}. Carved by Ralph Ramsay,<ref>{{cite book |title= Church Chronology: A Record of Important Events Pertaining to the History of |last= Jenson |first= Andrew |authorlink= |year= 2004 |publisher= [[Kessinger Publishing]] |location= |isbn= 1-4179-6854-0 |oclc= |page= 16 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=XEpUpEqDCfgC |accessdate= 2009-09-16 }}</ref> the original wooden eagle is on display at the [[Daughters of Utah Pioneers]] Museum located at 300 North Main Street.
The first Eagle Gate was remodeled and enlarged with new stone piers and wider inverted arches in the early 1890s (with Ralph Ramsay's eagle rebuilt and fortified); designed by [[Don Carlos Young]], an architect son of Brigham Young. Due to the widening of State Street in the early 1960s, the prior monument including Ramsay's eagle was removed and replaced with a much wider and larger third generation Eagle Gate, designed by Salt Lake City architect George Cannon Young. Young was the son of Don Carlos Young and the grandson of Brigham Young. The monument is one of Salt Lake City's best known pioneer landmarks, and its current design is one of Salt Lake City's best standing examples of [[Mid-Century Modern]] design.<ref>Deseret News, Friday, Nov. 24, 2006, "Eagle Gate spans the history of Salt Lake."</ref>
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