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The groundbreaking of the Taylorsville Utah Temple was presided over by Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles on Oct. 31, 2020. Elder Gong’s father-in-law, Richard Lindsay, was the bishop over the congregation that built a meetinghouse that once stood on the temple’s site.
In his prayer dedicating the site for construction, Elder Gong said, “Grateful roots and wings, we come as one from across our generations, communities, heritages and languages — one in heart and mind, one in the restored gospel of Thy Son Jesus Christ, one in the household of faith and fellowship of the saints. ... We are grateful that temples are coming closer to the people everywhere.”
President Russell M. Nelson announced a temple for Taylorsville, Utah, on Oct. 5, 2019, during the women’s session of October 2019 general conference.
The temple’s groundbreaking ceremony was held on Oct. 31, 2020, with Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles presiding. Attendance to the groundbreaking was limited to around 25 people in order to adhere to local COVID-19 restrictions.
The Taylorsville temple was announced Oct. 5, 2019, by President Russell M. Nelson. The groundbreaking and site dedication were held on Oct. 31, 2020, and presided over by Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
The Taylorsville Utah Temple will be a three-story building of approximately 70,000 square feet. Exterior renderings call for a large first floor and a smaller second and third floor, with several peaked roofs on top. The building is lined with white, arched windows, and the door frame above the entrance is also an arched shape. Atop the temple’s center is an octagonal spire with eight arched windows and a square base.
The temple will sit on a site of 7.5 acres, next to the intersection of 4700 South and Interstate 215. An existing meetinghouse on the site will be removed but not rebuilt.
5 October 2019
31 October 2020
2603 W. 4700 S.
Salt Lake City, Utah 84118
United States
This will be the fifth Latter-day Saint temple built in the Salt Lake Valley.
The Taylorsville temple and the Orem Utah Temple, announced on the same day, have the same number of floors and approximately the same floor area.
This will be the fifth Latter-day Saint temple built in the Salt Lake Valley.
The Taylorsville temple and the Orem Utah Temple, announced on the same day, have the same number of floors and approximately the same floor area.
