Los Angeles California Temple
The Los Angeles California Temple (originally the Los Angeles Temple ) is the tenth active temple and the second largest in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). It's located on Santa Monica Boulevard in the Westwood District of Los Angeles . When it was consecrated in 1956, it was the largest temple in the Church and was only surpassed by the Salt Lake Temple with its extensions and additions. Apart from the Bern Temple , it was the first to be built in an area that was not predominantly inhabited by Mormons. The site also houses a visitor center and the Los Angeles Regional Family History Center, both open to the public, as well as the Los Angeles Mission Center.
history
The Los Angeles Temple was announced by President Heber J. Grant when the Church purchased 98,000 square feet of land from Harold Lloyd Film Company on March 23, 1937 . Financial problems caused by the Great Depression and the Second World War delayed the laying of the foundation stone until 1951.
The plans for the temple were expanded to include a meeting room for priests, which was not common in temples built after the Salt Lake Temple , and to accommodate 300 worshipers per meeting.
This was the first temple with a statue of the angel Moroni on the spire since the Salt Lake Temple. At first, like the temple, the statue faced southeast and was later oriented to the east at the request of President David O. McKay .
The temple was the last to have the endowment ceremony performed by actors rather than film. However, the screening soon replaced the actors.
The Los Angeles California Temple was closed for renovation from November 2005 to July 2006. The renovation included, among other things, a seismic inspection and the complete reconstruction of the baptistery , which had long been affected by mold due to insufficient ventilation.
architecture
The temple was built in a modern style, including a 14,000 square meter panel of prefabricated concrete slabs, a mixture of ground quartz and white Portland cement . The very light brown color has the advantage that it conceals the thin layers of dust and soot that are usually deposited on buildings in Los Angeles. The temple is 112 meters long, 82 meters wide and 78 meters high. At the top there is a 5 meter high statue of the angel Moroni .
Due to its size and exposed location on a hill, the temple is a conspicuous building in western Los Angeles, even if it no longer dominates the cityscape as much as it did at the beginning due to the construction of high-rise buildings in the wider area. So that the temple is easily accessible by car, it was deliberately created on a thoroughfare and with particularly large parking spaces.
It includes a baptistery , a celestial room, four ordinance rooms , ten sealing rooms , and a meeting room that extends the length of the temple. The celestial and ordinance rooms are decorated with wall paintings, as otherwise only in the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple .
Milestones
| Announcement: | March 6, 1937 |
| First groundbreaking: | September 22, 1951 |
| Dedication: | 11-14 March 1956 by David O. McKay |
Web links
- Homepage of the Los Angeles California Temple Visitor Center
- Regional Family History Center in Los Angeles
- Homepage of the Los Angeles California Temple
- About the Los Angeles Temple
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chad M. Orton: More Faith Than Fear: The Los Angeles Stake Story . Bookcraft (publisher), Salt Lake City 1987, ISBN 0-88494-646-0 .
- ↑ The Los Angeles Temple Reopens , The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, lds.org , Dec. 7, 2007.
- ^ "Los Angeles California Temple". www.mormonchurchtemples.com
Coordinates: 34 ° 3 ′ 10.1 ″ N , 118 ° 26 ′ 2.1 ″ W.