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MOUNT TIMPANGOS UTAH TEMPLE

Mount Timpangos Utah Temple has been known as one of the most beautiful LDS Temples. With Mt. Timpanogos, Utah Wasatch Range’s second highest mountain, providing as its stunning back drop, the church site shares a meetinghouse which is open for visitors. There, they can partake upon the beauty of the mountain with its long winding paths or simply be engulfed with the holiness that emanates from the sacred edifice.

The land where the temple now stands used to be a parcel of a 16.7 acre welfare farm which was owned by the LDS (Latter-day Saints) church. After the announcement on October 2, 1992 by the leadership of the church, a plan to establish the ninth LDS Temple was issued. The location was not specified at the General Conference on ’92, but the conference that followed on the April of ’93 was where they decided that it be put up in the above said farmland situated at 742 North 900 East, American Fork, Utah, United States.

The Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple is the 49th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the ninth one in Utah, and the second in Utah County next to the Provo Utah Temple (the 15th operating LDS church).

The Provo Temple is one of the busiest Temples the LDS Church operates. Because of its location, the Temple is frequented by students attending the nearby Church-owned Brigham Young University. The temple also receives many missionary patrons since an LDS Missionary Training Center is just across the street. During the announcement of the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple, President Gordon B. Hinckley explained that it would relieve demands placed on the Provo Utah Temple, which "is operating far beyond its designed capacity."

Hinckley, at the age 84, took over Hunter who died after only nine months of ruling. Hinckley is said to be the oldest president in church history surpassing David O. McKay and was known for his acceleration of the building of temples. Before he became president in 1995 there were 47 operating temples in the Church; at the time of his passing, there were 124 – over two-thirds of which had been dedicated or rededicated by Hinckley –and 14 announced or under construction. Hinckley oversaw other significant building projects. This included the construction of the Conference Center and the renovation of the Salt Lake Tabernacle that greatly increased its ability to withstand earthquakes.

The floor plan of the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple is an adaptation of the floor plan created for the Bountiful Utah Temple. Both temples have four ordinance rooms and eight ceilings. The temple has a classic modern, single spire design with an exterior finish of sierra white granite clad with art glass windows and bronze doors.

Ground was broken for the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple a year after its announcement. Approximately 12,000 people gathered on the temple site for the ceremony. The location of the Madrid Spain Temple was also announced then.

On July 17, 1995, a 13-foot-3-inch gold-leafed statue of the angel Moroni was set atop the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple to an audience of an estimated 20,000, who literally clogged the surrounding streets. Once the statue was in its resting place on the 190-foot (58 m) spire of the temple, the throngs of visitors broke into applause and then spontaneously began to sing The Spirit of God. Moroni was the angel who appeared to Joseph Smith who translated the book of Mormon from gold plates that was revealed to him. He then organized the Mormon religion after experiencing a series of visions from 1827 to 1830 that called him to restore true Christianity. The new religion, officially called The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, drew converts rapidly.

A total of 679,217 people toured the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple during the six weeks of its public open house which was on the 6 August–21 September 1996. The tens of thousands of people who visited were prior to the dedication during the 13–19 October 1996 by Gordon B. Hinckley.

The dedication of the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple lasted an entire week with three sessions on Sunday and four on each of the following days for a total of 27 dedicatory sessions.