Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple

Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple
Number	49	edit data
Dedication	13 October 1996 (13 October 1996) by Gordon B. Hinckley
Site	16.7 acres (6.8 hectares)
Floor area	107,240 sq ft (9,963 m2)
Height	190 ft (58 m)
Preceded by	Hong Kong China Temple
Followed by	St. Louis Missouri Temple
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Additional Information Announcement 3 October 1992 Groundbreaking 9 October 1993 by Gordon B. Hinckley Open House 6 August – 21 September 1996 Designed by Allen Erekson, Keith Stepan, and Church A&E Services Location 742 North 900 East American Fork, Utah United States Phone number 801-763-4540 Exterior finish Sierra white granite clad temple with art glass windows and bronze doors Temple design Classic modern, single-spire design Ordinance rooms 4 with movie, stationary sessions Sealing rooms 8 Clothing rental Yes Cafeteria Full services Visitors'  center No

Coordinates: 40°23′34.02960″N 111°46′14.12399″W / 40.392786°N 111.7705899972°W / 40.392786; -111.7705899972 The Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple is the 49th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The temple is located in American Fork, Utah and is the second temple built in Utah County and the ninth in Utah.

Announcement

The temple was announced by Church President Gordon B. Hinckley in general conference on Oct. 3, 1992. The precise location wasn't revealed for another six months at the following Conference when it was announced the temple would be constructed in American Fork on lands previously used for a church welfare farm."Mount Timpanogos Utah LDS Temple". http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/mounttimpanogos/. Retrieved 10 January 2010.  The Mount Timpanogos Temple overlooks the cities of American Fork, Manila, Cedar Hills, Highland and Alpine as well as nearby Utah Lake. Mount Timpanogos, a majestic 11,750-foot peak, and the Wasatch Mountains serve as a backdrop.

Ground was broken for the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple a year after its announcement. Approximately 12,000 people gathered on the temple site for the ceremony. During the services, the location of the Madrid Spain Temple was announced.^[1]

Twenty-thousand people attended a ceremony as the angel Moroni statue was lifted to its resting place on the 190-foot (58 m) spire of the temple in July 1995. Once the statue was in place, the throngs of visitors broke into applause and then spontaneously began to sing The Spirit of God.^[2]

A total of 679,217 people toured the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple during the six weeks (running from 10 August – 21 September 1996) of its public open house.^[3] More than 800 children's choirs - made up from nearly every ward and branch in the temple district - performed near the front entrance to the temple at least once during the open house.^[4]

Dedication

The Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple was dedicated on October 13, 1996 by Church President Gordon B. Hinckley. The dedication of the temple lasted an entire week with three sessions on Sunday and four on each of the following days for a total of 27 dedicatory sessions.

Before the dedication, President Hinckley and his two counselors in the First Presidency, President Thomas S. Monson and President James E. Faust, applied mortar to the cornerstone of the temple. They were followed by President Boyd K. Packer, then Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; Elder W. Eugene Hansen of the Seventy and executive director of the Temple Department; Robert J. Matthews, temple president; Stephen M. Studdert, vice chairman of the temple committee; and President Hinckley's wife, Sister Marjorie Hinckley.^[5]

A total of 11,617 participated in the first dedicatory session, of which about 2,900 met in the temple. The others attended the session in the American Fork Tabernacle, 12 stake centers in Utah and Wasatch counties, and the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, locations to where proceedings of subsequent sessions were also transmitted. Like at the temple, admittance to the other locations was for worthy members of the Church with a ticket from their bishops. Speakers for the first session were President Hinckley, President Monson, President Faust and President Packer. They were accompanied to the temple by their wives, Sister Hinckley, Sister Frances Monson, Sister Ruth Faust and Sister Donna Packer.^[6]

About 38,000 attended the three sessions of dedication on the first day. During the week, President Hinckley presided over and spoke in 11 dedicatory sessions, plus the cornerstone session. President Monson and President Faust each presided over eight dedicatory sessions, and each spoke in 11 sessions, which included the cornerstone session. A total of 52 General Authorities addressed the sessions, as well as the temple presidency and matron.^[7]

Temple Facts

The Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple has a total of 107,240 square feet (9,963 m²), four ordinance rooms, and eight sealing rooms.

The floor plan of the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple is an adaption of the floor plan created for the Bountiful Utah Temple. The temples are nearly identical from the outside, though the two temples' spires are noticeably different.

Temple Presidents

1. Robert J. Matthews, 1996–1999
2. Dee F. Andersen, 1999–2002
3. Rex D. Pinegar, 2002–2005
4. Lawrence S. Clarke, 2005–2008
5. L. Edward Brown, 2008–present

Mt. Timpanogos temple during winter.

See also

• Temple (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
• Comparison of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Temple architecture (Latter-day Saints)
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah

References

1. ^ "Mount Timpanogos Utah LDS Temple". http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/mounttimpanogos/. Retrieved 10 January 2010. 
2. ^ "Mount Timpanogos Utah LDS Temple". http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/mounttimpanogos/. Retrieved 10 January 2010. 
3. ^ "LDS Church News". http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/27191/Mount-Timpanogos-Temple-to-open-doors-to-public.html. Retrieved 10 January 2010. 
4. ^ "LDS Church News". http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/27191/Mount-Timpanogos-Temple-to-open-doors-to-public.html. Retrieved 10 January 2010. 
5. ^ "LDS Church News". http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/28266/Mount-Timpanogos-Temple-dedicated.html. Retrieved 10 January 2010. 
6. ^ "LDS Church News". http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/28266/Mount-Timpanogos-Temple-dedicated.html. Retrieved 10 January 2010. 
7. ^ "LDS Church News". http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/28266/Mount-Timpanogos-Temple-dedicated.html. Retrieved 10 January 2010. 

External links

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