Pocatello Idaho Temple, Mormon temple in Pocatello, United States.
The Pocatello Idaho Temple is a two-story building of light-gray granite with a single central spire topped by a statue of the angel Moroni. It was designed by FFKR Architects with Scott Bleak and Joshua Stewart in a streamlined Classical style. Its art glass windows show Idaho mountain wildflowers, including the Syringa and bitterroot, in sage, gold, pink and coral.
The intent to build the temple was announced by church president Thomas S. Monson on April 2, 2017, one of the last five temples he announced before his death in 2018. A groundbreaking was held on March 16, 2019, presided over by Wilford W. Andersen of the Seventy, with Taysom Hill of the New Orleans Saints speaking. The temple was dedicated on November 7, 2021, by M. Russell Ballard.
The art glass windows depict Idaho mountain wildflowers, including the state flower, the syringa, and bitterroot, in a palette of sage, gold, pink and coral. The same floral motifs and colours recur in the carpets, rugs and decorative paintings inside. The chapel holds a tri-part art glass depiction of Jesus Christ, salvaged and restored from a chapel in the eastern United States.
The temple stands on a 10.94-acre site in Pocatello, with formal planting beds laid out in a linear pattern and a vertical hierarchy. The grounds hold Norwegian sunset maple, sawleaf zelkova and Dolgo crabapple trees, plus English lavender, snowberry and snow queen hydrangea shrubs. Young local church members planted 25,000 flowers before the 2021 open house. The building itself is not open to the public now that it is dedicated.
During the 2021 open house period, more than 250,000 visitors toured the sacred spaces before the building's dedication. This high visitor count demonstrates strong community interest in the newly completed structure.
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