Oquirrh Mountain Utah Mormon Temple
April 3, 2009 by admin
Filed under Temples in America
Ground was broken for the Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple on Saturday morning, December 16, 2006, by President Gordon B. Hinckley in a service attended by hundreds of faithful members. The new temple opened its doors for public tours on June 1, 2009. The free open house required reservations and ran through August 1, 2009. Around 600,000 people attended the temple open house. Twelve dedicatory sessions were planned from August 22 through August 23, 2009. Local priesthood leaders distributed tickets for the dedication. The Sunday, August 23rd dedicatory sessions were broadcast through closed-circuit television to stake centers in the state. The temple opened for ordinance work after the dedication, on August 25th. The temple is the 130th operating temple in the world and the 13th in Utah.
The temple is a 60,000 square-foot edifice situated on a 12-acre plot in southwest Salt Lake Valley. Oquirrh (pronounced “oh-ker”) is a Goshute Indian word meaning “shining mountains,” a fitting allusion to a temple, which is also known as the “Mountain of the Lord” (From www.MormonWiki.com).
Lee Fugal, engineer for the Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple, had an [interesting] experience with the landscaping on the temple. “All fall long we had unseasonably warm and clear weather,” Fugal explained. “We laid the last piece of sod on December 12 and it snowed the next day and didn’t stop for a week. It’s unheard of here in Utah to lay sod in December, but we did.”
Mailing address:
11022 South 4000 West
South Jordan, Utah 84095
United States
Phone: 801-878-3800
