St George Utah Temple open house reservations

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• Interior features of the St. George temple
• Media Day Held for the Renovated St. George Utah Temple
• Latter-day Saint temples
• Paving the Road in Front of the St. George Utah Temple
• West End Addition to the St. George Utah Temple Rising
• Cupola Removed from the St. George Utah Temple
• Open House and Rededication Announced for the St. George Utah Temple

This beautiful temple is in the center of St. George and stands as a beautiful reminder of the hard work and dedication that was required by the Saints for its building. Other pioneer-era temples followed the St. George Utah Temple dedication, including the Logan Utah Temple dedication in 1884, the Manti Utah Temple dedication in 1888, and the Salt Lake Temple dedication in 1893. During the 1940s a two-inch layer of gunite (a mixture of cement, sand, and water) and steel reinforcing was applied to the temple’s exterior to hide cracks and eliminate future cracking.

Interior features of the St. George temple

Public invited to tour renovated St. George Utah Temple - The Spectrum

Public invited to tour renovated St. George Utah Temple.

Posted: Sat, 09 Sep 2023 07:00:00 GMT [source]

The walls of the temple were actually made out of the red sandstone so prevalent in the area and then plastered over so that the temple would be white. The Saints worked tirelessly over five-and-a-half years to complete the temple. By the time it was finished, the Saints had used a million feet of lumber, which had been hand-chopped and hauled between forty and eighty miles.

Media Day Held for the Renovated St. George Utah Temple

Located in the city of St. George, Utah, it was the first Latter-day Saint temple built in the Rocky Mountains. It was designed by Truman O. Angell who also worked on the Kirtland and Nauvoo Temples and designed the Salt Lake Temple. The presentation of the endowment was originally delivered by live acting in the Los Angeles California Temple. Smaller items that help a church and events center function were also needed, but they were pricey to purchase on the ministry’s budget.

Open house, dedication dates announced for Red Cliffs Utah Temple - KUTV 2News

Open house, dedication dates announced for Red Cliffs Utah Temple.

Posted: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 07:00:00 GMT [source]

Latter-day Saint temples

The St. George temple underwent an extensive renovation nearly 50 years ago, then was rededicated in 1975 by President Spencer W. Kimball. ChurchofJesusChristTemples.org shares construction news, photographs, maps, and interesting facts about the temples of the restored Church of Jesus Christ. The entablatures of the original interiors featured a motif of alternating quatrefoils and gold five-pointed stars.

He purchased a winter home in the city and visited the temple site as often as possible during its construction. He gave frequent direction and stayed informed of the progress by telegram or letter when staying in Salt Lake City. The public open house will run from Friday, Sept. 15, through Saturday, Nov. 11, excluding Sundays and Saturday, Sept. 30, for the October 2023 general conference. Latter-day Saint temples are a sacred place for Church members to visit and make sacred promises with God, like keep His commandments or marriage promises. The landscaping on the temple grounds now includes water-wise plants, and the irrigation system is enhanced with secondary water.

The Saratoga Springs Utah Temple will be the state’s 18th dedicated house of the Lord later this summer, scheduled for an Aug. 13 dedication by President Henry B. Eyring. The motif of alternating gold, five-point star and quatrefoil has been preserved on the fourth floor,  reconstructed in second-floor instruction rooms and used in subtle ways throughout the temple. All lighting fixtures are consistent to the designs of the late 1800s, with glass shades based on a grapevine or gothic motif. And the St. George Utah Temple served as the Church’s first where the house of the Lord was reserved exclusively for temple worship, ordinance work and related meetings. The Kirtland Temple had been used for general worship meetings and even some civic meetings. Also, the section of 400 South on the temple’s north side has been changed from a two-way street to a pedestrian plaza.

Six other Utah temples are under construction — Deseret Peak, Ephraim, Heber Valley, Lindon, Smithfield and Syracuse. The exterior art glass has coral, purple, green and gold colors and regional plants — the lower floors with the Indian paintbrush and the upper levels the succulents in hues of purple and green. The art-glass motifs include the florals and colors of the desert, such as the bearclaw poppy, which is the main motif inside.

See the first images from inside the renovated St. George Utah Temple

The stone floor consists of Crema Beige (Iran), Emperador Light (Turkey), Inca Gold (Pakistan), Verde Lichen (Iran), Rojo Alicante (Spain), and Vanilla (Turkey) marble. Colors were chosen to correspond with the fabrics and represent the local flora. The stone pattern throughout the building references other buildings in the area. The stone pattern around the baptistry is pulled from the art glass designs. The Red Cliffs temple was originally referred to as the Washington County Utah Temple when President Nelson announced plans in October 2018 general conference for a second temple in the area.

Mr. Tumber was not in the market to sell, but that changed when he was approached by representatives of the Church. The doors are made of cherry wood, cherries being a significant agricultural product in the area. In the ordinance areas, the decorative paint is an abstraction of the local flora and its underlying geometry. It is used to accentuate the architecture at key points and connections. It signifies the natural beauty of the local area and the principles that contribute to that beauty. The temple grounds are enclosed with a six-foot-tall steel picket fence, powder-coated with a bronze color to match other metal fixtures on the site.

Work crews encountered pioneer craftsmanship throughout the renovation, especially while structurally reinforcing the temple’s stone foundation. To build the original foundation, pioneer crews used a heavy cannon as a pile driver to put stabilizing materials in the swampy ground. The north and west additions to the temple were rebuilt to match the original architecture of the building. The temple also is now more accessible, with added elevators, better stairs, walkways and hallways.

On April 6, 1877, the St. George temple was formally dedicated, with Daniel H. Wells, second counselor to Brigham Young, offering the dedicatory prayer in the opening session of general conference, which was held in the temple. Despite being in failing health, Brigham Young offered a few remarks. Wilford Woodruff, a latter-day Apostle who was the first president of the St. George temple and later the Church’s fourth President, oversaw the recording of the temple ordinances. Previously, the temple ordinances had been passed on by memory and word of mouth since being revealed to Joseph Smith in Nauvoo, Illinois, in the 1840s. The temple is one of 28 houses of the Lord in the state of Utah that are either dedicated and operating or under construction or renovation.

The interior lights are brass, with crystal being added in the ordinance spaces. In the ordinance rooms, the shallow curve of the bowl is in opposition to the vault of the ceiling, representing two complementary elements that complete the circle. The building is constructed of structural steel and precast concrete panels, fabricated and installed by Willis Construction in San Juan Bautista, California. There are two houses of the Lord where the open houses have concluded and will be dedicated in January. Ten temples are under construction in Utah — the Deseret Peak, Ephraim, Heber Valley, Layton, Lindon, Orem, Red Cliffs, Smithfield, Syracuse and Taylorsville temples.