Months before the Jubilee, organizers began to call for any suriving pioneers or their relatives to accumulate significant items for display at the celebration. The Hall of Relics contained hundreds of objects donated or loaned by people answering this call. At a total cost of $3,500, the Hall of Relics was specifically designed as a temporary building, and construction began only in June, leaving one month to complete the structure. The design was based on the Parthenon and the statues flanking the front were based on similar ones created by famous Utah sculptor Cyrus Edwin Dallin (1861-1944).