Are you curious what Utah’s 31st Latter-day Saint temple will look like?Well, wonder no more.The governing First Presidency of the state’s predominant faith, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, released an exterior rendering Monday of the planned Lehi Temple. It will appear similar to many of the faith’s modern temples.The single-spired, multistory, 85,000-s...
Are you curious what Utah’s 31st Latter-day Saint temple will look like?
Well, wonder no more.
The governing First Presidency of the state’s predominant faith, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, released an exterior rendering Monday of the planned Lehi Temple. It will appear similar to many of the faith’s modern temples.
The single-spired, multistory, 85,000-square-foot structure will be built on a nearly 22.5-acre site near the intersection of Lehi’s 3950 North and Center Street.
Utah is home to 21 functioning Latter-day Saint temples: Bountiful, Brigham City, Cedar City, Deseret Peak (dedicated in Tooele last November by church President Russell Nelson) Draper, Jordan River (South Jordan), Layton (dedicated in June), Logan, Manti (rededicated in April by Nelson), Monticello, Mount Timpanogos (American Fork), Ogden, Oquirrh Mountain (South Jordan), Orem, Payson, Provo City Center (converted from the former Provo Tabernacle), Red Cliffs (St. George — dedicated in March), Saratoga Springs, St. George (rededicated last year), Taylorsville (dedicated in June) and Vernal.
The iconic six-spired Salt Lake Temple, in the heart of Utah’s capital, is undergoing a seismic upgrade and extensive renovation. The pioneer-era edifice is scheduled to reopen in 2027. The Space Age Provo Temple, meanwhile, is being overhauled, redesigned and renamed the Provo Rock Canyon Temple.
Lehi and seven more Utah temples — Ephraim, Heber Valley, Lindon, Price, Smithfield, Syracuse (with public tours set for May) and West Jordan — are either under construction or in planning stages.
There are eight planned or existing temples in Utah County, the state’s second most populous county and home to the faith’s flagship school, Brigham Young University.
Latter-day Saints view a temple as a House of the Lord, a place where the faithful participate in their religion’s highest rituals, including eternal marriage.
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