Layton Utah Temple

Groundbreaking for the Layton Utah Temple

Elder Craig C. Christensen, president of the Utah Area, presided over the groundbreaking ceremony on May 23, 2020. Elder Randy D. Funk of the Utah Area Presidency offered the dedicatory prayer for the site and the construction.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, attendance was limited to a handful of guests. Prior to the pandemic, organizers planned on an attendance of a thousand or more at the groundbreaking. Instead, a video of the event was broadcast for members in the temple district to view a week after leaders broke ground.

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Elder Craig C. Christensen of the Seventy conducts the groundbreaking ceremony for the Layton Utah Temple on May 23, 2020.

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A portrait depicting the exterior of the Layton temple was displayed at the groundbreaking ceremony on May 23, 2020.

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Elder Randy D. Funk offers the dedicatory prayer at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Layton Utah temple on May 23, 2020.

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Elder Craig C. Christensen of the Utah Area Presidency and his wife, Debbie, shovel dirt at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Layton Utah temple on May 23, 2020.

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Elder Walter F. Gonzalez of the Utah Area Presidency and his wife, Zulma, shovel dirt at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Layton Utah temple on May 23, 2020.

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Timeline of the Layton Utah Temple

April

01

2018

Announced

In April 2018 general conference, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct a house of the Lord in Layton, Utah.

May

23

2020

Groundbreaking

In May 2020, Elder Randy D. Funk of the Utah Area Presidency dedicated the site of the new temple. Elder Craig C. Christensen, president of the Utah Area, conducted the groundbreaking ceremony.

The Church acquired the property two days before plans to construct the temple were announced in general conference. An exterior rendering was released on Oct. 19, 2019. On May 23, 2020, the groundbreaking ceremony was held on an 11.8-acre site at the corner of Oak Hills Drive and Rosewood Lane.

Architecture and Design of the Layton Utah Temple

This house of the Lord is projected to be a three-story building of 87,000 square feet, with two attached end spires and a statue of the angel Moroni. Tall, arched windows surround the building, the largest being above the entrance.