Medford Oregon Temple, Mormon temple in Central Point, United States
The Medford Oregon Temple is a 77-foot-tall Latter-day Saint temple on a 2-acre plot in Central Point, Oregon, built of gray granite quarried at Mount Airy, North Carolina. Its 10,700 square feet hold two endowment rooms, two sealing rooms and a baptistry, and a statue of the angel Moroni stands on the steeple. It was designed by Dan Park and church architectural services.
Announced by the First Presidency on March 15, 1999, the temple was the second in Oregon after Portland. Ground was broken on May 20, 1999, with D. Lee Tobler presiding. A public open house in late March 2000 drew nearly 35,000 visitors, and James E. Faust dedicated the building on April 16, 2000.
The angel Moroni statue on the steeple represents "the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ," a symbol church members read as central to temple worship. The temple is not used for Sunday services; after its 2000 dedication only members holding a current temple recommend may enter. The building serves nine stakes in northern California and Oregon as of 2010.
The temple stands at 3900 Grant Road in Central Point, midway between the Oakland California and Portland Oregon temples. Only members holding a current temple recommend may enter; others saw the interior during the 2000 open house. Sunday worship is not held here.
The angel Moroni statue on the steeple represents "the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ," as church members understand it. The temple stands 77 feet tall, and its gray granite was quarried at Mount Airy, North Carolina, rather than locally. The 10,700-square-foot building holds two endowment rooms, two sealing rooms and a baptistry.
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