Jordan River Utah Temple
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| Closed for Renovation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Number | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dedication | 16 November 1981 by Marion G. Romney |
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| Site | 15 acres (6.1 hectares) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Floor area | 148,236 sq ft (13,772 m2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 219 ft (67 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Seattle Washington Temple | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Followed by | Atlanta Georgia Temple | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coordinates: 40°33′58.08600″N 111°55′53.51520″W / 40.5661350000°N 111.9315320000°W
The Jordan River Utah Temple (formerly the Jordan River Temple) is the 20th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Located in South Jordan, Utah, it was built with a modern single-spire design.
A site dedication and groundbreaking ceremony were held on June 9, 1979. The ceremony and dedication were presided over by church president Spencer W. Kimball. Instead of the usual small ceremonial shovel-full of dirt at the groundbreaking, Kimball used a large power scoop shovel to begin the building process. The temple was open to the public for tours September 29 through October 31, 1981. Over half a million people toured the temple during its open house.
On August 7, 2015 the LDS Church announced that beginning February 15, 2016, the temple closed for renovations that are anticipated to be completed during the latter part of 2017.
Marion G. Romney, a member of the church's First Presidency, dedicated the Jordan River Temple in fifteen sessions held during November 16–20, 1981. More than 160,000 members attended the dedicatory services. Thirty of those in attendance at the dedication were elderly men and women who had been at the historic dedication of the first temple in the Salt Lake Valley, the Salt Lake Temple. Most had been very young at the time but still remembered the event. The temple serves Latter-day Saints in Southern Salt Lake County, Utah. Geographically, it is the smallest LDS temple district in the world, but the temple is one of the church's busiest.
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