Anchorage Alaska Temple

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The Anchorage Alaska Temple is the 54th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

In 1997, President Gordon B. Hinckley, 14th Mormon Prophet after Joseph Smith, announced the building of smaller Mormon Temples. The first of these smaller temples was built in Monticello, Utah and the second in Anchorage, Alaska. After the groundbreaking of the Anchorage Alaska Temple in 1998, the construction of this 6,800 square foot temple took only nine months.

The west side of the Anchorage Alaska Temple features the seven stars of the Big Dipper pointing to the North Star, a symbol found on the Alaskan flag and on the Salt Lake Temple. The temple walls are covered with gray and white quartz-flecked granite, and the temple design incorporates Alaskan motifs, such as likenesses of fir trees on the doorway pilasters. The stained glass is reminiscent of water, and stylized evergreens with patterns resembling native designs are used to adorn interior furnishings. [1]

President Gordon B. Hinckley dedicated the Mormon Temple on January 9, 1999, with more than six thousand members from as far away as the Yukon braving the freezing weather. After remodeling that nearly doubled the size of the temple, President Hinckley rededicated the temple on February 8, 2004. The Anchorage Alaska Temple now has a total floor area of 11,937 square feet, two ordinance rooms, and one sealing room.

Contents 1 Notes 2 Latter-day Saint temples in the Western United States 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Notes

1. "Gathering of Saints", by Jasper and Lommel, p 320

[edit] Latter-day Saint temples in the Western United States

This list excludes temples in Utah and California.

• Anchorage Alaska Temple
• Mesa Arizona Temple
• Snowflake Arizona Temple
• Denver Colorado Temple
• Kona Hawaii Temple
• Laie Hawaii Temple
• Boise Idaho Temple
• Idaho Falls Idaho Temple
• Rexburg Idaho Temple (under construction)
• Twin Falls Idaho Temple (under construction)
• Billings Montana Temple
• Reno Nevada Temple
• Las Vegas Nevada Temple
• Albuquerque New Mexico Temple
• Portland Oregon Temple
• Medford Oregon Temple
• Dallas Texas Temple
• Lubbock Texas Temple
• San Antonio Texas Temple
• Houston Texas Temple
• Seattle Washington Temple
• Columbia River Washington Temple
• Spokane Washington Temple

[edit] See also

• Temple (Mormonism)
• List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region
• Comparison of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Temple architecture (Latter-day Saints)

[edit] External links

• Official Anchorage Alaska Temple page
• Anchorage Alaska Temple page
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Official Site
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Visitors Site
• Mormon Temples - Lightplanet
• Mormon Temples and Secrecy