Cardston Alberta Temple

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Cardston Alberta Temple

Number	6	edit data
Announcement	1913-06-27
Groundbreaking	1913-11-13 by Daniel Kent Greene
Dedication	1923-08-26 by Heber J. Grant
Rededication	1991-06-22 by Gordon B. Hinckley
Designed by	Hyrum Pope and Harold Burton
Location	348 3 Avenue West Cardston, Alberta T0K 0K0 Canada
Phone number	403-653-3552
Site	8 acres (3.2 hectares)
Total floor area	81,700 sq ft (7,590 m²)
Height	85 ft (26 m)
Exterior finish	White granite
Temple design	Solomon’s Temple, no spire
Ordinance rooms	4 with progressive sessions
Sealing rooms	5
Clothing rental	Yes
Cafeteria	Full services
Visitors' center	Yes
Preceded by	Laie Hawaii Temple
Followed by	Mesa Arizona Temple
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The Cardston Alberta Temple (formerly the Alberta Temple) is the eighth constructed and sixth operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Located in Cardston, Alberta, it is the oldest LDS temple outside the United States. It is one of nine temples that do not have an angel Moroni statue, and one of three without spires, similar to Solomon's Temple. The other two are the Laie Hawaii Temple and the Mesa Arizona Temple.

The temple was announced on June 27, 1913, and was built on an eights-acre plot given to the church by Charles Ora Card. The site expanded to more than 10 acres in the mid-1950s. The granite used in building the temple was hand-hewn from quarries in Nelson, British Columbia.

Originally dedicated on August 26, 1923, by church president Heber J. Grant, an addition was rededicated on July 2, 1962 by Hugh B. Brown. The temple was renovated in the 1990s, and Gordon B. Hinckley rededicated it on June 22, 1991.

The temple has four ordinance rooms, five sealing rooms, and a floor area of 88,562 square feet.

The first president of the temple was Edward J. Wood, who served from 1923 to 1948.

In 1992 the temple was declared a National Historic Site, and a plaque was dedicated in 1995.^[1]

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2 References
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4 Latter-day Saint temples in Canada

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^ Parks Canada - National Historic Sites

Augustine, Nathan. The Cardston Alberta Temple. Nathan's Exhaustive Guide to the Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Retrieved on 2006-12-26.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "Temple Background". Press release.
Satterfield, Rick. Cardston Alberta Temple. Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint. Retrieved on 2006-12-26.