Mormon Temple - St. George, Utah
Posted by: BruceS
N 37° 06.020 W 113° 34.674
12S E 270909 N 4109112
The St. George Utah LDS Temple is the oldest operating temple for the church.
Waymark Code: WM5492
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 11/08/2008
Views: 62
The Mormon Temple (not open to non-Mormons), resting on a slight elevation
is visible for miles. The Squarely built white stucco temple has three
tiers of tall round-arched windows, surmounted by a row of oval windows.
It has a well-proportioned cupola with a weather vane, and covers nearly an acre
within a ten-acre tract. Spacious green lawns, bordered with a
profusion f colorful plants, accent the snowy exterior f the structure and tend
to magnify its size. Completed in 1877, this was the first Mormon Temple
erected in Utah. At night, floodlights on the building produce a cameo-like
effect. Built on swampy ground, the foundations consist of hundreds of
tons of black volcanic rock, beaten down by an old cannon used as a horsepower
pile driver. - Utah: A Guide to the State, 1941, Tour 1, pg. 306.
The Temple itself is not open to the public however the grounds and visitors
center are open. The visitors center has many displays showing the
construction and operation of this, the oldest of the operating LDS Temples.
Included in the displays in the visitors center is the Mexican War cannon used
as a pile driver used during the construction of the Temple. The
Temple and its grounds are well maintained with Temple receiving extensive
renovations in 1937-1938 and again in the early 1970's completing in 1975.