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The Snowflake Arizona Temple is the 108th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The intent to build the temple was announced on April 2, 2000, by church president Gordon B. Hinckley , during general conference . [ 2 ]
[12] [13] The Mesa Arizona Temple was the first temple in the Church to be rededicated (on April 15, 1975) after extensive remodeling and enlarging to accommodate increased attendance. On March 3, 2002, a second Arizona temple was dedicated in Snowflake.
In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a temple is a building dedicated to be a House of the Lord. Church members consider temples to be the most sacred structures on earth. Church members consider temples to be the most sacred structures on earth.
Snowflake (Navajo: Tó Diłhił Biih Yílį́) is a town in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. It was founded in 1878 by Erastus Snow and William Jordan Flake , Mormon pioneers . [ 4 ] Snowflake is 25 miles (40 km) south of Interstate 40 (formerly U.S. Route 66 ) via Highway 77.
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The temple is the sixth in Arizona, following those in Mesa, Snowflake, Gila Valley, Gilbert, and Phoenix. [7] The temple is 38,216 square feet (3,550.4 m 2), located on a 7.4-acre (3.0 ha) site, [8] [9] with a dome topped with a statue of the angel Moroni. [6] This temple was designed by FFKR Architects, using an Art Deco style. [10]
This is a list which includes a photographic gallery, of historic structures in Snowflake, a town in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. Snowflake was founded in 1878, and incorporated in 1917. Some of the structures of historical significance are individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Snowflake has a historical ...
Jesse N. Smith was born the youngest of three sons to Silas Smith (1779–1839) and his second wife Mary Aikens (1797–1877) in Stockholm, New York.Both of Smith's grandfathers, Asael Smith (1744–1830) and Nathaniel Aikens (1757–1836), served in the American Revolutionary War.