Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple
Latter-day Saints temple in South Jordan, Utah, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple /ˈoʊkər/ 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.
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Number | 130 | |||
Dedication | August 21, 2009, by Thomas S. Monson | |||
Site | 11 acres (4.5 ha) | |||
Floor area | 60,000 sq ft (5,600 m2) | |||
Height | 183 ft (56 m) | |||
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Announced | October 1, 2005, by Gordon B. Hinckley | |||
Groundbreaking | December 16, 2006, by Gordon B. Hinckley | |||
Open house | June 1, 2009 to August 1, 2009 | |||
Current president | Dallan Layne Sohm | |||
Designed by | Naylor Wentworth | |||
Location | South Jordan, Utah, United States | |||
Geographic coordinates | 40°33′4.121999″N 111°59′15.03600″W | |||
Exterior finish | light beige granite | |||
Baptistries | 1 | |||
Ordinance rooms | 4 (two-stage progressive) | |||
Sealing rooms | 6 | |||
Notes | 13th temple in Utah and 130th LDS temple. | |||
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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.