Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple

Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple
Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple in May 2009.
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)
Official website • News & images
Church chronology
← Draper Utah Temple Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple → Vancouver British Columbia Temple
Additional information
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 / 40.55114499972°N 111.9875100000°W / 40.55114499972; -111.9875100000
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 /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. The intent to build the temple was announced on October 1, 2005, by church president Gordon B. Hinckley, during general conference.^[1] South Jordan was the world's first city with two church temples (with the Jordan River Temple). The temple was the fourth in the Salt Lake Valley and the 13th in Utah.

When completed in 2009, the Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple served approximately 83,000 Latter-day Saints living in the western Salt Lake Valley.^[2] The building is faced with light beige granite quarried and milled from China and features a single attached end spire with a statue of the angel Moroni.^[3] The temple was designed by Naylor Wentworth Lund Architects of Salt Lake City, Utah.^[4] A groundbreaking ceremony, to signify the beginning of construction, was held on December 16, 2006, conducted by Hinckley.^[5]