Location: 2720 Temple Road, Palmyra Village, New York.
Temple presidency: President Dale S. Dallon, with counselors George Rice and Bob Winebrenner.
Rooms: Celestial room, baptistry, two ordinance rooms, two sealing rooms. Specially designed art glass windows inside the temple depict First Vision. Cherrywood moldings are used throughout endowment rooms and hallways.
Exterior: Bethel White granite
Size: 10,900 sq. feet.
Architect: Dave A. Richards, Architect PC
Contractor: Okland Construction Co.
District: Serving 18,000 members in seven stakes: Rochester New York Palmyra, Rochester New York, Buffalo New York, Syracuse New York, Utica New York, Owego New York and Jamestown New York stakes.
Schedule: Opened April 7, 2000. Sessions scheduled by appointment on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. A decision is still pending concerning sessions during the Hill Cumorah Pageant.
Pertinent facts: 100th announced temple, 77th dedicated. Announcement made Feb. 21, 1999; groundbreaking May 25, 1999; open house March 25, 27-April 1, 2000, with 32,000 attending; dedicated in four sessions by President Gordon B. Hinckley on April 6, 2000, exactly 170 years after the organization of the Church by Joseph Smith in nearby Fayette, New York.
