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The Oakland California Temple (formerly the Oakland Temple) is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Oakland, California. Notable for its five-spire design influenced by Asian architecture , the temple stands on a hill with panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay Area .
Many temples, beginning with the Idaho Falls Temple, were built with the center-spire design. This was the first temple in years to be constructed with any sort of spire or tower. The Oakland Temple is an unusual variation on the center spire design as it incorporates four additional spires—one on each corner of the building—for a total of ...
The Oakland California Temple (13) is an unusual variation on the center spire design because it incorporates four additional spires—one on each corner of the building—for a total of five. The center spire is the tallest. It is the only temple with five spires.
Modern, single spire Emil B. Fetzer: 20 Operating Jordan River Utah Temple: February 3, 1978 Spencer W. Kimball: June 9, 1979 Spencer W. Kimball: September 29 – October 31, 1981 (original); March 17 – April 28, 2018 (after renovations) November 16, 1981 Marion G. Romney: Modern, center spire Emil B. Fetzer: 21 Operating Atlanta Georgia Temple
A meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Palm Desert, California. List of LDS Church adherents in each county as of 2010 according to the Association of Religion Data Archives: [24] Note: Each county adherent count reflects meetinghouse location of congregation and not by location of residence. Census count reflects ...
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After Pope unexpectedly died in 1939, Burton established a new firm with his son Douglas W. Burton. Together they continued to design many buildings, including some for the church, and in 1955 Harold Burton became the chief supervising architect for the LDS Church. [3] One of his final works was the Oakland California Temple. Aside from places ...
The LDS Church's first replica of Thorvaldsen's Christus was a gift to the church by Stephen L Richards and placed in the North Visitors' Center. [ 23 ] [ 13 ] [ 24 ] Richards first saw the statue in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California and later saw the original in Copenhagen, Denmark in September 1950.