Provo City Center Temple, Religious temple in Provo, US.
Provo City Center Temple is a religious building of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on University Avenue in Provo, Utah. The facade shows towers and windows in a Gothic style, and the grounds cover about 5.6 acres (2.3 hectares) in the downtown area.
The Provo Tabernacle, a meetinghouse and cultural venue, burned on December 17, 2010, leaving only its exterior shell. On October 1, 2011, Thomas S. Monson announced a temple for the site. Groundbreaking followed on May 12, 2012, and Dallin H. Oaks dedicated the completed temple on March 20, 2016.
The interior follows a Victorian theme drawn from regional buildings such as the Gardo House and the Salt Lake Assembly Hall, with African mahogany and walnut woodwork and a lotus flower motif. The main entrance holds an early-1900s stained-glass depiction of Christ taken from a demolished Presbyterian church in New York. Stained glass from the original tabernacle was reused.
Visitors must arrange appointments in advance, as the facility is reserved for specific religious ordinances and not open for spontaneous tours. The surroundings offer sidewalks and public areas from which you can view the exterior.
The outer walls of the former church building survived the fire and were incorporated into the new construction. This approach preserved the external form of the historic structure while the interior spaces were entirely redesigned.
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