So first I like to start off by saying sorry I have been horrible at updating this blog. Its almost April and I am finally making my post for last February 5th, when Tyler and I went to the Provo Utah Temple. It was my birthday and so for one of the things I wanted to do on my birthday was go to another temple on our list. I picked the Provo Utah Temple.
History:
The Provo Utah Temple was announced to be built on August 14th, 1967. The site dedication and ground breaking was done on September 15th, 1969. The dedication was done by President Joseph Fielding Smith and the groundbreaking was done by Hugh B. Brown. The open house was then January 10th-29th, 1972, and was dedicated by Joseph Fielding Smith on February 9th, 1972. There were two session to dedicate the temple. There were over 70,000 people that attended the dedication. People were seated at the temple, and BYU buildings that include: Marriott Center, Fieldhouse, JSB, HFAC for the temple dedication. The Provo Utah temple is located across from the Provo Mission Training Center and close to the Brigham Young University Campus. It is also known as being the busiest temple in the world. Its sister temple is the Ogden Utah Temple.
Architecture/Decor:
The architecture is much like the Ogden Utah Temple, and within the past year the colors have been redone to be green and gold instead of pink and white. Something that is interesting about the original design of the Provo Utah Temple is that it was made to look like a "cloud by day and a pillar by night" referring to how the Children of Israel was looked over by God. This was done by having the lower part like a big white cloud (hence it's interesting shape) and the spire being originally gold. This was changed in renovations in 2003 where the spire was painted white and an Angel Moroni was put on the top. The original design had planned to have an Angel Moroni on top but it wasn't until thirty-one years later that one was put on it.
Helpful things to note when visiting the temple:
Location:
The location is pretty easy to find. If you just get off I-15 at University Parkway and follow it into Provo through Orem and then turn on 9th in the direction you see the temple.
Scheduling and Temple Clothes:
You don't need to call ahead to schedule a time to do a session and there are also temple clothes that you can rent there.
The source that I used and a great source to learn more is:
Provo Utah Temple: http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/provo/
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