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The groundbreaking for the Feather River California Temple was presided over by Elder Paul H. Watkins, an Area Seventy, on July 18, 2020. Within the temple site once stood a stake center, dedicated in 1979, that had to be demolished earlier in the year to make way for the temple.
In his prayer dedicating the site, Elder Watkins asked “for the surrounding community [to] see and know that this temple is a blessing to them.”
President Russell M. Nelson announced a temple for Yuba City, California, on Oct. 7, 2018, during October 2018 general conference.
The groundbreaking ceremony for this house of the Lord was held July 18, 2020, with Elder Paul H. Watkins, an Area Seventy, presiding.
A public open house for the Feather River California Temple was held from Aug. 19 to Sept. 9, 2023. A media day was also held Aug. 15, and invited guests toured the building from Aug. 16 to Aug. 18, 2023.
Elder Ulisses Soares of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles will dedicate the temple on Oct. 8, 2023, during two sessions.
The Feather River temple was announced Oct. 7, 2018, by President Russell M. Nelson. The Yuba City California Stake Center building, originally on the temple site, was demolished to create room for the temple. The groundbreaking and site dedication were held on July 18, 2020, and presided over by Elder Paul H. Watkins, Area Seventy.
After a public open house from Aug. 19 to Sept. 9, 2023, the Feather River California Temple will be dedicated on Oct. 8, 2023, by Elder Ulisses Soares of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
The Feather River temple has an area of 41,665 square feet. This structure features a neo-Byzantine exterior style, which is found in other buildings throughout the Sacramento Valley area. On the roof and toward the front of the temple is a rectangular-shaped tower with an octagonal lantern tower and domed cupola above it.
Interior elements of the house of the Lord reflect early Christian architecture, such as a modified quatrefoil pattern in the millwork. Carved carpet patterns represent plants in the area, such as local wildflowers and the California poppy, the state flower. Doors inside the building were made with cherry wood. The motif of the almond blossom — a significant flower in the region — is prominent throughout art-glass windows of the temple.
The temple site spans 9.24 acres and includes a new meetinghouse and distribution center built near the temple. Thousands of plants adorn the site, including mature native oak, redwood and hackberry trees, as well as 100-year-old olive trees from a local orchard.
7 October 2018
18 July 2020
8 October 2023
1470 Butte House Road
Yuba City, California 95993
United States
This will be the eighth Latter-day Saint temple in California.
The groundbreaking ceremony happened four months after the president of the United States declared the COVID-19 disease a national emergency. Attendance to the Feather River temple groundbreaking was limited to honor state and national safety guidelines.
Although located in Yuba City, California, the temple received the name “Feather River” — the river flowing two miles east of the temple — in June 2019.
It was built on the site where the Yuba City California Stake Center had stood for decades. Before then, in the early 1970s, the grounds were used for growing peaches. The family of Mehar Tumber — a devout Sikh — owned the site, and Tumber was happy to sell the property to the Church. His daughter recalled, “He thought it was a blessing to have a religious organization ... as an anchor to our property.”
Once dedicated, the Feather River temple will be the northernmost house of the Lord in California.
The Feather River temple will be dedicated the same day that the McAllen Texas Temple is dedicated.
This will be the eighth Latter-day Saint temple in California.
The groundbreaking ceremony happened four months after the president of the United States declared the COVID-19 disease a national emergency. Attendance to the Feather River temple groundbreaking was limited to honor state and national safety guidelines.
Although located in Yuba City, California, the temple received the name “Feather River” — the river flowing two miles east of the temple — in June 2019.
It was built on the site where the Yuba City California Stake Center had stood for decades. Before then, in the early 1970s, the grounds were used for growing peaches. The family of Mehar Tumber — a devout Sikh — owned the site, and Tumber was happy to sell the property to the Church. His daughter recalled, “He thought it was a blessing to have a religious organization ... as an anchor to our property.”
Once dedicated, the Feather River temple will be the northernmost house of the Lord in California.
The Feather River temple will be dedicated the same day that the McAllen Texas Temple is dedicated.
