Virtual Tour of the St George Utah Temple

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• Presidents
• Learn More about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Exterior and interior features
• ‘It looks more like the historic temple.’ The public open house for the St. George Utah Temple begins next week
• Sept 15-Nov 11: St George Utah Temple Open House
• Layton Utah Temple
• Media Day Held for the Renovated St. George Utah Temple

President Jeffrey R. Holland, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, rededicated the St. George Utah Temple on Dec. 10. Flooring in both the north addition and the historic structure is a mixture of new wood, carpet and tile. The new wood flooring is similar to the historic flooring used in some areas of the north addition. The baptistry has red metaquartzite flooring in the font, lobby and entry vestibule. This stone is quarried south of Las Vegas and supplied by Las Vegas Rock.

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Some 250 trees have been added to the temple grounds, with previously existing planting and shrubbery either replaced or added to in enhancing the landscaping. The steel fencing has been painted a dark bronze to complement the temple’s exterior features. Where possible, historic wood doors were abated of their lead paint by a certified abatement company, Eagle Environmental Inc., then repainted and reinstalled in their original location. All the new doors are white painted wood to match the paneling and other details of the historic doors. The original hardware did not meet the current building code and was redesigned using historic hardware precedents. New cast bronze and porcelain hardware was manufactured by Rocky Mountain Hardware in Hailey, Idaho.

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Similar to the Salt Lake Temple, the newly renovated St. George temple will reflect elements of the temple’s original historic design. Latter-day Saints built temples in Kirtland, Ohio, and Nauvoo, Illinois, only to abandon them after persecution forced them from their homes and, finally, to Utah. The church released multiple photos from inside the temple, including the celestial room and baptismal font. The fence surrounding the temple site was installed in the 1977 renovation. In the new renovation this steel fence has been sand-blasted and painted a dark bronze to match the new site elements. Much of the existing planting and shrubbery was replaced or added to make the grounds lusher and greener and provide better views and photo opportunities of the temple itself.

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LED lighting and state-of-the-art high-efficiency systems throughout the temple, so it will operate in an efficient way for many years." When the temple was completed, Brigham Young was not completely satisfied with the tower and dome, stating that it looked too short and squatty. He suggested having it fixed, but the Saints were so excited to have the temple finished that Brigham Young did not push the suggestion.

Excavation around the temple's foundation will also be required to install new mechanical heating and cooling systems. The 257-foot high Los Angeles California Temple looms over famous Santa Monica Boulevard in Westwood. The spacious grounds are filled with a dazzling array of foliage including—to name a few—Canary Island Pine trees, several varieties of palm trees, Bird of Paradise trees, olive trees, and rare Chinese Ginkgo trees.

In November of that year, the St. George site was dedicated, with the cornerstone not laid until March 1873. Workers razed the west entrance to the temple that was added in the 1970s, exposing the old pioneer exterior. The same will be true inside, where floors altered in the 1970s are being redesigned to look more like the 1870s original. Modern workers covered support beams with steel, wrapped columns with fiberglass and drilled steel pipes called micropiles feet deep into the bedrock below the foundation.

“I anticipate that this temple will last for 50, 60, maybe even 75 years without a major renovation, if it’s maintained well,” he added. A few areas of the temple, such as the celestial and sealing rooms, have gold leaf accenting. In November 1928, fire broke out, destroying the St. George Utah Temple annex built in 1883. The Founding Fathers of the United States of America appeared twice to Wilford Woodruff in the St. George Utah Temple asking why their temple work had yet not been performed on their behalves. A striking painting depicting this singular event hung for decades in the temple lobby (That We May be Redeemed by Harold I. Hopkinson).

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Additionally, some roads will be temporarily closed for utility construction. The Temple Visitors’ Center will remain open during construction, but there will be no access to the temple site during that time. And the annual Christmas light display will not take place during construction. Eric Jamison, project manager, said, "One of the aspects of this project is preserving the original building. The structure of the building is in fantastic condition given its age. Despite its age, the temple has endured very well." World War II delayed construction of the Los Angeles California Temple for many years.

A new quatrefoil-shaped fountain replaces its predecessor, with a second fountain added to the east plaza. No renovation for the state’s fourth pioneer-era temple, the Logan Utah Temple, have been announced. In January 1871, a temple for St. George was announced by Brigham Young, the Church’s first since the exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, in the 1840s.

The open house and dedication come on the heels of similar events conducted for the recently renovated and rededicated St. George Utah Temple, the Church’s oldest house of the Lord still in operation. Utah is home to nearly 2.2 million Latter-day Saints, and the St. George Utah Temple is one of the Church’s 28 houses of the Lord in the state that are dedicated or under construction. The finished temple was dedicated on April 6, 1877, as the Church held its general conference that spring at the temple to coincide with the dedication. Windows have been replaced, matching the historical profiles and details but upgraded to insulated triple panes.

The green color represents the rice fields and the farming community in the area. The carpet carving design incorporates the almond flower to coordinate with the art glass. The rug designs are reminiscent of an open field of local wildflowers and the California poppy, the state flower.

The moldings in the historic temple and the north addition are wood or glass-fiber-reinforced gypsum. Due to the large amount of ground water on the site, the historic building (1877) required special effort to ensure a proper foundation. After packing the site with lava rock using a cannon as a pile driver, the first layer of foundation stones was laid using large blocks of locally quarried basalt. The exterior walls were built from another local stone, red sandstone, stacked and grouted together. The upper portion of the existing annex will also be demolished and replaced with a design that will complement the historic structure. Additionally, limited seismic upgrades will be made by adding steel to the temple’s original wood trusses.