Bountiful Utah Temple
Number	47	edit data
Dedication	8 January 1995 (8 January 1995) by Howard W. Hunter
Site	11 acres (4.5 hectares)
Floor area	104,000 sq ft (9,700 m2)
Height	176 ft (54 m)
Preceded by	Orlando Florida Temple
Followed by	Hong Kong China Temple
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Additional Information Announcement 6 April 1991 Groundbreaking 2 May 1992 by Ezra Taft Benson Open House 4 November – 17 December 1994 Current President H. Bryan Richards (2006) Designed by Allen B. Erekson Location 640 South Bountiful Boulevard Bountiful, Utah United States Phone number 801-296-2100 Exterior finish Bethel white granite Temple design Classic modern, single-spire design Ordinance rooms 4 with movie sessions Sealing rooms 8 Clothing rental Yes Cafeteria Full services Visitors'  center No

Coordinates: 40°52′58.27079″N 111°50′48.52319″W / 40.8828529972°N 111.8468119972°W / 40.8828529972; -111.8468119972 The Bountiful Utah Temple is the 47th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The Bountiful Temple is the eighth temple constructed in the state of Utah. The history of this temple site began back in 1897, when John Haven Barlow Sr. purchased 40 acres (160,000 m²) of land from the United States government. Because of lack of water and the steep terrain, little could be done with the land. In 1947 some of the land was cleared and four hundred apricot trees were planted. In the spring of 1983, flash flooding caused a great deal of damage in Bountiful, resulting in the decision to build a dam across the canyon to limit the flow of water during heavy rainstorms. The city requested the use of the soil from the future temple site, so construction crews removed over two hundred thousand cubic yards of soil, leaving the area an ideal spot on which the Mormon temple would later be built.^[1]

After considering numerous sites for the temple, the final decision was made on April 3, 1988 by the First Presidency of the LDS Church. Four years later on May 2, 1992, the groundbreaking took place and on January 8, 1995 Church President Howard W. Hunter dedicated the Bountiful Utah Temple. Two hundred thousand Latter-day Saints attended the dedicatory sessions, more than had ever previously attended a temple dedication.

The Bountiful Utah Temple has a total of 104,000 square feet (9,700 m²), four ordinance rooms, and eight sealing rooms.

[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)
• Bountiful, Utah
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah

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• Mormon Temple Worship - BBC Religion & Ethics
• History of Mormon Temples - Lightplanet
• Early Christianity and Mormonism: The LDS Temple Endowment: An Introduction

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