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Elder Craig C. Christensen, president of the Utah Area, presided over the groundbreaking ceremony on May 23, 2020. Elder Randy D. Funk of the Utah Area Presidency offered the dedicatory prayer for the site and the construction.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, attendance was limited to a handful of guests. Prior to the pandemic, organizers planned on an attendance of a thousand or more at the groundbreaking. Instead, a video of the event was broadcast for members in the temple district to view a week after leaders broke ground.
In April 2018 general conference, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct a house of the Lord in Layton, Utah.
In May 2020, Elder Randy D. Funk of the Utah Area Presidency dedicated the site of the new temple. Elder Craig C. Christensen, president of the Utah Area, conducted the groundbreaking ceremony.
The Church acquired the property two days before plans to construct the temple were announced in general conference. An exterior rendering was released on Oct. 19, 2019. On May 23, 2020, the groundbreaking ceremony was held on an 11.8-acre site at the corner of Oak Hills Drive and Rosewood Lane.
This house of the Lord is projected to be a three-story building of 87,000 square feet, with two attached end spires and a statue of the angel Moroni. Tall, arched windows surround the building, the largest being above the entrance.
1 April 2018
23 May 2020
1400 East Oakhills Drive
Layton, Utah 84040
It will be the 19th temple built in Utah.
It was the first Utah temple announced by President Russell M. Nelson as President of the Church.
Elder Craig C. Christensen, president of the Utah Area, presided over the groundbreaking of the Layton temple as well as the groundbreaking of the Saratoga Springs Utah Temple the year before.
The Layton temple was announced in 2018, the same year that the Red Cliffs Utah Temple was announced and the Jordan River Utah Temple was rededicated.
It will be the 19th temple built in Utah.
It was the first Utah temple announced by President Russell M. Nelson as President of the Church.
Elder Craig C. Christensen, president of the Utah Area, presided over the groundbreaking of the Layton temple as well as the groundbreaking of the Saratoga Springs Utah Temple the year before.
The Layton temple was announced in 2018, the same year that the Red Cliffs Utah Temple was announced and the Jordan River Utah Temple was rededicated.