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The Ogden Utah Temple (formerly the Ogden Temple) is the sixteenth constructed and fourteenth operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Located in Ogden, Utah, it was originally built with a modern, single-spire design, similar to the Provo Utah Temple.
Ogden Utah Temple: Utah: United States North America 9.96 acres (40,307 m 2) 112,232 sq ft (10,427 m 2) 180 ft (55 m) 1 6 11 15 Closed for renovation Provo Utah Temple: Utah: United States: North America: 17 acres (68,797 m 2) 128,325 sq ft (11,922 m 2) 175 ft (53 m) 1 6 12 16 Operating Washington D.C. Temple: Maryland: United States
The old tabernacle was for a time abandoned, and then used as the local genealogical library for the Ogden Branch of the Genealogical Society of Utah from 1966 to 1971. The tabernacle was torn down beginning in August 1971 to allow landscaping to be completed prior to the open house of the Ogden Utah Temple. [6] [7]
The LDS Church has 367 temples in various phases, which includes 202 dedicated temples (193 operating and 9 others undergoing renovations [1]), 3 with a dedication scheduled, 48 under construction, 1 with a groundbreaking scheduled, [2], and 112 others announced (not yet under construction). [3]
With the construction of the Ogden Utah Temple (14), the design was expanded, with six ordinance rooms and eleven sealing rooms and a floor area of 115,000 sq ft (10,700 m 2). The trend continued with the Provo Utah Temple (15), and eight years later with the Jordan River Utah Temple (20).
Thus, temples were built in Europe (namely, Switzerland dedicated in 1955 and England dedicated in 1958); the Pacific Islands (namely, New Zealand dedicated in 1958); and Washington, D.C. (dedicated in 1974, the first American temple East of Utah since Nauvoo in 1846). All were dedicated at a time when membership in the region alone might not ...
Utah LDS membership. Historically, the percentage of Utahns who are Latter-day Saints was constantly increasing and went from six-tenths in 1920 to three-fourths in 1990, however, since then the proportion has decreased even though the number of church members has grown nominally.
Ogden (/ ˈ ɒ ɡ d ə n / OG-dən) is a city in and the county seat of Weber County, [6] Utah, United States, approximately 10 miles (16 km) east of the Great Salt Lake and 40 miles (64 km) north of Salt Lake City.