Portland Oregon Temple
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| Number | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dedication | 19 August 1989 by Gordon B. Hinckley |
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| Site | 7.3 acres (3 hectares) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Floor area | 79,220 sq ft (7,360 m2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 181 ft (55 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Frankfurt Germany Temple | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Followed by | Las Vegas Nevada Temple | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coordinates: 45°25′31.24200″N 122°44′32.00639″W / 45.4253450000°N 122.7422239972°W
The Portland Oregon Temple is a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) located on 7 acres (28,000 m2) of land near the intersection of Highway 217 and I-5 in Lake Oswego, Oregon. The temple's architecture features six white spires and a white marble exterior accented with green marble trim and topped with a green slate roof. It is 80,500 square feet (7,480 m2) in area, with four ordinance rooms and fourteen sealing rooms. 2014 marked the 25th year the temple has been in operation.
The temple in Portland was the church's first in Oregon, with the Medford Oregon Temple completed in 2000. In 1989, more than 314,000 people attended the public open house held before the temple was dedicated by Gordon B. Hinckley.
University of New Mexico historian, Ferenc Morton Szasz, places the temple in a group of Post-World War II temples built in western American States, calling the group of Mormon temples "the most impressive religious structures of the entire western postwar building boom."
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