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Detroit Michigan Temple

Coordinates: 42°33′58.55759″N 83°13′47.93880″W / 42.5662659972°N 83.2299830000°W / 42.5662659972; -83.2299830000
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Detroit Michigan Temple
Map
Number63
DedicationOctober 23, 1999, by Gordon B. Hinckley
Site6.34 acres (2.57 ha)
Floor area10,700 sq ft (990 m2)
Height71 ft (22 m)
Official website • News & images
Church chronology
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Additional information
AnnouncedAugust 10, 1998, by Gordon B. Hinckley
GroundbreakingOctober 10, 1998, by Jay E. Jensen
Open houseOctober 8–16, 1999
Current presidentKaplin S. Jones (2021)
Designed byJohn Coakley, Sr.
LocationBloomfield Hills, Michigan, United States
Geographic coordinates42°33′58.55759″N 83°13′47.93880″W / 42.5662659972°N 83.2299830000°W / 42.5662659972; -83.2299830000
Exterior finishImperial Danby White marble quarried in Vermont
Temple designClassic modern, single-spire design
Baptistries1
Ordinance rooms2 (two-stage progressive)
Sealing rooms2
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The Detroit Michigan Temple is the 63rd operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It is located in Bloomfield Hills, a suburb of Detroit.

History

Ground was broken on October 10, 1998. During a public open house, about 28,000[citation needed] people toured the temple, seeing the beautiful architecture and furnishings as well as learning about the purpose of LDS temples.

Gordon B. Hinckley dedicated the temple on October 23, 1999. The temple features a classic modern single spire design constructed with Imperial Danby White marble quarried in Vermont. It has a total floor area of 10,700 square feet (990 m2), two ordinance rooms, and two sealing rooms.

The temple serves church members in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, northwest Ohio and the church's London Ontario Stake, which includes the border towns of Sarnia and Windsor in Ontario. Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and the eastern third of the Upper Peninsula is also in the temple district. Southwest Michigan around Benton Harbor, Kalamazoo, Battle Creek and Niles is currently assigned to the Chicago Illinois Temple.[citation needed]

The Detroit Michigan Temple is located on the same property as the primary meetinghouse of Bloomfield Hills Michigan Stake, called the stake center. The stake center was built in the 1950s under the direction of then-stake president George W. Romney. It was dedicated in 1957 by David O. McKay, who was president of the LDS Church at the time.

In the fall of 2012, construction was done to enclose the entrance way to give more assembly space for groups gathering to enter the temple.

In 2020, like all the church's other temples, the Detroit Michigan Temple was closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic.[2]

See also

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Additional reading

  • "First Presidency announces temples for Spokane, Detroit", Church News, August 29, 1998
  • "Ground broken for two new temples", Church News, October 17, 1998
  • Cady, Jeanne (July 17, 1999), "Angel Moroni statue tops Detroit temple", Church News
  • Michalek, Patricia (October 23, 1999), "Detroit open house visitors feel 'serenity of the temple'", Church News
  • Hill, Greg (October 30, 1999), "'A temple in their midst'", Church News

References

  1. ^ Several dozen temples, built from identical plans.
  2. ^ Stack, Peggy Fletcher. "All Latter-day Saint temples to close due to coronavirus", The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 March 2020. Retrieved on 28 March 2020.

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