- Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple
-
Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple 
Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple in May 2009.Number 130 Dedication 21 August 2009 by
Thomas S. MonsonSite 11 acres (4.5 hectares) Floor area 60,000 sq ft (5,600 m2) Height 183 ft (56 m) Preceded by Draper Utah Temple Followed by Vancouver British Columbia Temple Official website • News & Images Additional Information Announcement 1 October 2005 Groundbreaking 16 December 2006 by
Gordon B. HinckleyOpen House 1 June 2009 to 1 August 2009 Designed by Naylor Wentworth Location 11022 South 4000 West
South Jordan, Utah 84095
United StatesPhone number 801-878-3800 Exterior finish light beige granite Ordinance rooms 4 with Movie, two-stage progressive sessions Sealing rooms 6 Clothing rental No Cafeteria No services Visitors' center No Notes Thomas S. Monson dedicated the 13th temple in Utah and 130th LDS temple on 21 August 2009. Coordinates: 40°33′4.121999″N 111°59′15.03600″W / 40.55114499972°N 111.98751°W The Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple is a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located in South Jordan, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. South Jordan was the first city in the world to have two temples (it also has the Jordan River Temple), followed by Provo, Utah. The temple was the fourth in the Salt Lake Valley and the 13th in the state of Utah.
The Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple serves approximately 83,000 Latter-day Saints living in the western Salt Lake Valley. The building is faced with light beige granite quarried and milled in China.
Contents
Temple construction and dedication
The Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple was built on a bluff on the edge of the Daybreak Community;[1] the property was donated to the church by Kennecott Land, a portion of a company that mines copper and precious minerals from the Oquirrh Mountains, just a few miles west of the temple. The edifice features a single stone spire 193 feet (59 m) high, topped by a 9-foot (2.7 m) statue of the angel Moroni. Ground was broken for construction on 16 December 2006.[2]
Located on an 11-acre (45,000 m2) site, the temple sits at the foot of the Oquirrh Mountains that form the western edge of the Salt Lake Valley and faces east toward a panoramic view of the Wasatch Mountains. From the site, temple visitors can see the other three temples in the valley: the Draper Utah Temple, Jordan River Utah Temple and the Salt Lake Temple.
On June 13, 2009, the spire was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm. The statue of the angel Moroni was tarnished, and was replaced on August 11, 2009.[3][4]
Prior to dedicatory services that took place on August 21–23, 2009, the public was invited to tour the new temple during an open house from June 1, 2009, to August 1, 2009.[5]
See also
- Comparison of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region
- Temple (Latter Day Saints)
- Temple architecture (Latter-day Saints)
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah
Notes
- ^ Announced by Gordon B. Hinckley in General Conference[1].
- ^ Moore, Carrie A. (2006-12-17). "Ground broken for LDS temple". http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650215784,00.html. Retrieved 2006-12-18.
- ^ http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705322723/Moroni-statue-replaced-at-Oquirrh-Mountain-Temple.html
- ^ http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=7501114
- ^ "Open House and Dedication Dates Announced for Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple" (Press release). The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 31 January 2009. http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/open-house-and-dedication-dates-announced-for-oquirrh-mountain-utah-temple. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
References
Oquirrh Mountain Temple nearly complete
- "Groundbreaking Held for Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple" (Press release). The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 2006-12-16. http://www.lds.org/newsroom/showrelease/0,15503,3881-1-24483,00.html. Retrieved 2006-12-19.
- Page, Jared; Moore, Carrie (December 1, 2006). "S. Jordan planners OK temple". Deseret Morning News. http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650211517,00.html. Retrieved 2006-12-06.
External links
Media related to Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple at Wikimedia CommonsBy county Latter-day Saint temples in Utah See also : Temples in other geographic regionsBox Elder Brigham City Utah Temple (under construction)
•= Operating •= Construction •= Announced •= Closed Cache Davis Salt Lake Draper Utah Temple · Jordan River Utah Temple · Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple · Salt Lake Temple
San Juan Sanpete Uintah Utah Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple · Payson Utah Temple (under construction) · Provo Utah Tabernacle Temple (announced) · Provo Utah Temple
Washington Weber Categories:- Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah
- Religious buildings completed in 2009
- Places of worship in Salt Lake County, Utah
- 21st-century Latter Day Saint temples
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
