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LOGAN UTAH TEMPLE
The Logan Utah Temple, formerly the Logan Temple, is the 4th constructed and 2nd operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Located in the city of Logan, Utah, it was the second Latter-day Saint temple built in the Rocky Mountains (after the St. George Utah Temple). It stands prominently on an elevated terrace—visible for miles throughout northern Utah’s Cache Valley. It was the first temple built with progressive-style mural ordinance rooms for live-acting presentation of the endowment ceremony.
The Latter-day Saint temple in Logan was announced on May 18, 1877, just after the dedication of the St. George Utah Temple in April 1877. The site of the Logan Temple had been held in reserve for many years. It was used as a park and public grounds before being dedicated as the site for the temple. The Salt Lake Temple had been announced years before in 1847 but construction was still underway and would not be completed until 1893, so the Logan Temple was built along with the St. George Temple to satisfy the church's immediate need for temples.
A call was sent out for workers. Brigham Young asked that all of the people that worked on the Logan Temple volunteer their time or other aid. He encouraged the saints to have the Temple done in three and a half years. The five-story Logan Utah Temple was built entirely by volunteer labor over a seven-year period from 1877 to 1884. Roughly 25,000 people worked on the Logan Temple. Rocks and timber used for the temple was hauled from the Temple Fork area of Logan Canyon. As completion of the temple neared, women in the area were asked to make carpets for the temple, since commercially made carpet could not be bought in Utah at that time. The women spent two months working to hand make two thousand square yards of carpet.
The Logan temple was only the second temple to be completed in the Utah area and is the sixth largest temple. Its design, made by the Church’s head architect Truman O. Angell, had two towers and was based on the same pattern as the Salt Lake City Temple, with a large assembly hall and other similar rooms. On May 17, 1884 the Logan temple was dedicated by Church President John Taylor. It was the only temple he ever dedicated.
The Logan Temple was built on a 9-acre (36,000 m2) plot selected by Brigham Young, has 4 ordinance rooms and 11 sealing rooms, and has a total floor area of 119,619 feet (36,460 m). It is castellated in style and has a dark- colored, siliceous limestone—an extremely hard stone and compact in texture- exterior. They used buff-colored sandstone where ever detailed shaping was necessary. The exterior walls of the Logan Utah Temple were originally painted an off-white color to hide the dark, rough-hewn limestone. In the early 1900s, however, the paint was allowed to weather away, uncovering the beautiful stone that characterizes the temple today.
On the evening of December 4, 1917, fire broke out in the Logan Utah Temple, engulfing the southeast staircase, destroying several windows and paintings, and causing extensive smoke and water damage. The origin of the fire was discovered to be electrical wiring. Forty thousand dollars was spent to repair it within three months. It is the only Temple to be completely gutted and rebuilt inside. President Spencer W. Kimball said that although the remodeling was necessary he regretted the loss of the original interior.
The two-year project replaced the progressive-style ordinance rooms with motion-picture ordinance rooms. In 1949, the temple was remodeled and received updated lighting, heating, air conditioning, elevators, and other modern conveniences. In 1977, more remodeling was undertaken and the interior was completely gutted and redone. After remodeling, the temple was rededicated on March 13, 1979 by Church President Spencer W. Kimball.
The Logan Utah Temple serves members from 43 stakes based in Northern Utah and Southern Idaho. Benson Utah Stake, Fielding Utah Stake, Garland Utah Stake, Hyde Park Utah Stake, Hyrum Utah Stake are some of the stakes located in Northern Utah. While Arimo Idaho Stake, Franklin Idaho Stake, Grace Idaho Stake, Malad Idaho Stake, Montpelier Idaho Stake, Montpelier Idaho South Stake are some from Southern Idaho.