Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple

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The Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple

The Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple is the 152nd temple in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . The temple is located in the neighborhood of Logan Square in Philadelphia . The intention to build a temple was announced at the 178th general conference held by President of the Church, Thomas S. Monson , on October 4, 2008. The temple is the Church's first in Pennsylvania and the first between the Washington DC Temple and the Manhattan New York Temple . It was completed in 2016.

history

On November 19, 2009, the Church announced that it would build a temple on Vine Street in downtown Philadelphia . This location puts the temple near some of the Philadelphia attractions. Across the street is the Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church of Pennsylvania .

The foundation stone for the temple was laid on September 17, 2011. Regional ward leaders attended the ceremony. The ceremony was presided over by Henry B. Eyring , first counselor in the First Presidency . No construction work had started until July 2012, as a construction company had to be found to dismantle the existing car park. In November 2012, the Philadelphia Building Commission gave the go-ahead for the temple to be built, despite concerns that the temple was too similar to other nearby buildings. Most of the parking garage was demolished by February 2013, and underground works for the temple began on May 2 of the same year. The temple reached its final height in August 2014.

architecture

The architect is B. Jeffrey Stebar from the architecture firm Perkins + Will . Stebar is a Mormon and was a bishop in a ward. City and church officials announced that a meetinghouse and 32-story skyscraper will also be built near the temple. The skyscraper and meeting house were designed by Paul L. Whalen. The meetinghouse will serve approximately 1,000 Mormons and have a genealogy department. There are 25,000 Mormons in the city of Philadelphia. The skyscraper will contain 258 individual apartments and 13 city apartments.

Visit and consecration

The temple was open for viewing from August 10 to September 9, 2016. Only on Sundays it was not open to the public. According to the church, the temple was visited by 140,000 visitors during that time. A cultural celebration for youth was held on September 17th. Like the laying of the foundation stone in 2011, the ceremony was held on the anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution . The temple was dedicated by Henry B. Eyring on September 18, 2016.

reception

Architecture critic Inga Saffron of The Philadelphia Inquirer called the temple "the most radical structure in Philadelphia in half a century ... because it does not adhere to the common elements of our modern tastes." She believes the temple cost over a hundred million dollars and calls it “a really classic building” and “a brave addition to the hierarchical structure of Philadelphia”.

In 2017 the temple received an award from the building cooperative for its special architecture.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ James M Dougherty: Rome LDS temple, four others announced . October 4, 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
  2. ↑ a b Laura McCrystal: Mormons to build 32-story tower near Center City . Philly.com. February 14, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  3. ↑ News Story . LDS Church. November 19, 2009. Archived from the original on October 21, 2015. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 5, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.newsroom.org
  4. ↑ Jamshid Askar: Downtown site for Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple . November 27, 2009. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
  5. ^ Jason Swensen: Church buys land for Philadelphia temple . December 11, 2010. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
  6. ↑ News Release . LDS Church. September 17, 2011. Archived from the original on October 21, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 5, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.newsroom.org
  7. ^ David O'Reilly: Construction to begin on Philadelphia's Mormon temple . September 18, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
  8. ↑ Celeste Tholen Rosenlof: LDS Church breaks ground for first temple in Pennsylvania . KSL .com . September 18, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
  9. ↑ Laurie Williams Sowby: President Eyring returns home for Philadelphia Temple groundbreaking . September 20, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2012.
  10. ↑ David O'Reilly: Fall groundbreaking expected for Philadelphia's Mormon temple . The Philadelphia Inquirer. July 26, 2012.
  11. ^ Joann Greco: Art Commission grants final approval to Mormon Temple . Philly plan. November 8, 2012. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  12. ↑ Laurie Williams Sowby: LDS temple rises in Philadelphia . LDS Church News. August 23, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  13. ^ Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple . Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  14. ^ The First Presidency Announces Open House and Dedication Dates for Three Temples: Temples to open in Sapporo, Japan, Freiberg, Germany, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . In: Newsroom . LDS Church . January 21, 2016.
  15. ^ Philadelphia Pennsylvania Temple Is Dedicated as Church's 152nd: President Henry B. Eyring of the First Presidency dedicates . In: Newsroom . LDS Church . 18th September 2016.
  16. ^ Saffron, Inga: Changing Skyline: Mormon Temple: Radical conservative upstart . In: The Philadelphia Inquirer . August 2, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  17. ↑ Lauren Tosti: 2017 Construction Excellence Awards: Congratulations to the Winners! . General Building Contractors Association. 15th November 2017.

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