Chicago Illinois Temple

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The Chicago Illinois Temple is the thirty-fifth temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is the second of three church temples that have been built in Illinois (The first and the third being the Nauvoo Temple and the Nauvoo Illinois Temple). Located in the Chicago suburb of Glenview, the site of Chicago Illinois Temple was dedicated on August 13, 1983 by LDS President Gordon B. Hinckley. The structure itself was constructed in Gray buff marble and its roof features gray slate. Architects used a revolutionary design for Mormon temples, adapting the traditional six-spire design and adding modern motifs.

The Chicago Temple is able to accommodate a broad spectrum of Church members, from various ethnic and cultural backgrounds as Spanish, Polish, Korean and other Asian cultures, as well as members who are deaf. The temple also allowed local Mormon members to contribute their means, talents, and time. Children donated pennies. Young women made dolls for the temple nursery. Women crocheted and tatted altar cloths. Many donated hours in helping with the open house, held 15 July–3 August 1985, during which over one hundred thousand people toured the temple. President Gordon B. Hinckley dedicated the Chicago Illinois Temple on August 9, 1985. The temple now has a total of 29,751 square feet, five ordinance rooms, and four sealing rooms.

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

• Birmingham Alabama Temple
• Orlando Florida Temple
• Atlanta Georgia Temple
• Chicago Illinois Temple
• Nauvoo Illinois Temple
• Washington D.C. Temple
• Louisville Kentucky Temple
• Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple
• Boston Massachusetts Temple
• Detroit Michigan Temple
• St. Paul Minnesota Temple
• St. Louis Missouri Temple
• Winter Quarters Nebraska Temple
• Manhattan New York Temple
• Palmyra New York Temple
• Raleigh North Carolina Temple
• Bismarck North Dakota Temple
• Columbus Ohio Temple
• Kirtland Ohio Temple (no longer owned by the LDS Church)
• Oklahoma City Oklahoma Temple
• Columbia South Carolina Temple
• Memphis Tennessee Temple
• Nashville Tennessee Temple

[edit] See also

• Temple (Latter Day Saints)
• 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 LDS Chicago Illinois Temple page
• Chicago Illinois Temple page
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Official Site
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - Visitors Site
• Unofficial LDS Temples Site
• History of Mormon Temples
• Mormon Temples and Masonry
• Mormon Temple Worship - BBC Religion & Ethics