Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple

Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple
Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple in May 2009.
Map
Number130
DedicationAugust 21, 2009, by Thomas S. Monson
Site11 acres (4.5 ha)
Floor area60,000 sq ft (5,600 m2)
Height183 ft (56 m)
Official websiteNews & images
Church chronology

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Additional information
AnnouncedOctober 1, 2005, by Gordon B. Hinckley
GroundbreakingDecember 16, 2006, by Gordon B. Hinckley
Open houseJune 1, 2009 to August 1, 2009
Current presidentDallan Layne Sohm
Designed byNaylor Wentworth
LocationSouth Jordan, Utah, United States
Geographic coordinates40°33′4.121999″N 111°59′15.03600″W / 40.55114499972°N 111.9875100000°W / 40.55114499972; -111.9875100000
Exterior finishlight beige granite
Baptistries1
Ordinance rooms4 (two-stage progressive)
Sealing rooms6
Notes13th temple in Utah and 130th LDS temple.
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The Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple /ˈkər/ is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located in South Jordan, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. South Jordan was the first city in the world to have two temples (it also has the Jordan River Temple). The temple was the fourth in the Salt Lake Valley and the 13th in the state of Utah.

The Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple serves approximately 83,000 Latter-day Saints living in the western Salt Lake Valley. The building is faced with light beige granite quarried and milled in China.

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