Phoenix Arizona Temple
temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Phoenix, Arizona, United States
The Phoenix Arizona Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), in Phoenix, Arizona. It was completed in 2014 and is the LDS Church's 144th temple. The announcement on May 24, 2008 of the planned construction of the temple came a month after the Gila Valley and Gilbert temples were announced for Arizona. The temple is the state’s fifth.
The temple has a single attached central spire with a statue of the angel Moroni. This temple was designed by the architectural firm CCBG Architects. A groundbreaking ceremony, to signify the beginning of construction, was held on June 4, 2011, conducted by Ronald A. Rasband.
History
The announcement of plans to build a temple in Phoenix came partly as a response to the high concentration of church members in the area and to help ease the load on the nearby Mesa Arizona Temple.
The original design of the temple, which resembled the Draper Utah Temple, exceeded the maximum height restrictions imposed by existing zoning law and required an exception be granted by the Phoenix city council. The primary issue was not the planned steeple height of 126 feet (38 m), as church steeples are exempt from zoning laws, but the temple's structural height of 40 feet (12 m).
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