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Some 250 trees have been added to the temple grounds, with previously existing planting and shrubbery either replaced or added to in enhancing the landscaping. The steel fencing has been painted a dark bronze to complement the temple’s exterior features. Where possible, historic wood doors were abated of their lead paint by a certified abatement company, Eagle Environmental Inc., then repainted and reinstalled in their original location. All the new doors are white painted wood to match the paneling and other details of the historic doors. The original hardware did not meet the current building code and was redesigned using historic hardware precedents. New cast bronze and porcelain hardware was manufactured by Rocky Mountain Hardware in Hailey, Idaho.
Parapet Poured for the St. George Utah Temple Addition
Six other Utah temples are under construction — Deseret Peak, Ephraim, Heber Valley, Lindon, Smithfield and Syracuse. The exterior art glass has coral, purple, green and gold colors and regional plants — the lower floors with the Indian paintbrush and the upper levels the succulents in hues of purple and green. The art-glass motifs include the florals and colors of the desert, such as the bearclaw poppy, which is the main motif inside.
Exterior
The moldings in the historic temple and the north addition are wood or glass-fiber-reinforced gypsum. Due to the large amount of ground water on the site, the historic building (1877) required special effort to ensure a proper foundation. After packing the site with lava rock using a cannon as a pile driver, the first layer of foundation stones was laid using large blocks of locally quarried basalt. The exterior walls were built from another local stone, red sandstone, stacked and grouted together. The upper portion of the existing annex will also be demolished and replaced with a design that will complement the historic structure. Additionally, limited seismic upgrades will be made by adding steel to the temple’s original wood trusses.
Upcoming temple open houses
Additionally, some roads will be temporarily closed for utility construction. The Temple Visitors’ Center will remain open during construction, but there will be no access to the temple site during that time. And the annual Christmas light display will not take place during construction. Eric Jamison, project manager, said, "One of the aspects of this project is preserving the original building. The structure of the building is in fantastic condition given its age. Despite its age, the temple has endured very well." World War II delayed construction of the Los Angeles California Temple for many years.
Pioneer-era temples and renovations
Work crews encountered pioneer craftsmanship throughout the renovation, especially while structurally reinforcing the temple’s stone foundation. To build the original foundation, pioneer crews used a heavy cannon as a pile driver to put stabilizing materials in the swampy ground. The north and west additions to the temple were rebuilt to match the original architecture of the building. The temple also is now more accessible, with added elevators, better stairs, walkways and hallways.
The second house of the Lord in St. George, Utah, begins its open-house phase with media day Monday, Jan. 29
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The open house and dedication come on the heels of similar events conducted for the recently renovated and rededicated St. George Utah Temple, the Church’s oldest house of the Lord still in operation. Utah is home to nearly 2.2 million Latter-day Saints, and the St. George Utah Temple is one of the Church’s 28 houses of the Lord in the state that are dedicated or under construction. The finished temple was dedicated on April 6, 1877, as the Church held its general conference that spring at the temple to coincide with the dedication. Windows have been replaced, matching the historical profiles and details but upgraded to insulated triple panes.
Similar to the Salt Lake Temple, the newly renovated St. George temple will reflect elements of the temple’s original historic design. Latter-day Saints built temples in Kirtland, Ohio, and Nauvoo, Illinois, only to abandon them after persecution forced them from their homes and, finally, to Utah. The church released multiple photos from inside the temple, including the celestial room and baptismal font. The fence surrounding the temple site was installed in the 1977 renovation. In the new renovation this steel fence has been sand-blasted and painted a dark bronze to match the new site elements. Much of the existing planting and shrubbery was replaced or added to make the grounds lusher and greener and provide better views and photo opportunities of the temple itself.
The stone floor consists of Crema Beige (Iran), Emperador Light (Turkey), Inca Gold (Pakistan), Verde Lichen (Iran), Rojo Alicante (Spain), and Vanilla (Turkey) marble. Colors were chosen to correspond with the fabrics and represent the local flora. The stone pattern throughout the building references other buildings in the area. The stone pattern around the baptistry is pulled from the art glass designs. The Red Cliffs temple was originally referred to as the Washington County Utah Temple when President Nelson announced plans in October 2018 general conference for a second temple in the area.
LED lighting and state-of-the-art high-efficiency systems throughout the temple, so it will operate in an efficient way for many years." When the temple was completed, Brigham Young was not completely satisfied with the tower and dome, stating that it looked too short and squatty. He suggested having it fixed, but the Saints were so excited to have the temple finished that Brigham Young did not push the suggestion.
The walls of the temple were actually made out of the red sandstone so prevalent in the area and then plastered over so that the temple would be white. The Saints worked tirelessly over five-and-a-half years to complete the temple. By the time it was finished, the Saints had used a million feet of lumber, which had been hand-chopped and hauled between forty and eighty miles.
The green color represents the rice fields and the farming community in the area. The carpet carving design incorporates the almond flower to coordinate with the art glass. The rug designs are reminiscent of an open field of local wildflowers and the California poppy, the state flower.
In November of that year, the St. George site was dedicated, with the cornerstone not laid until March 1873. Workers razed the west entrance to the temple that was added in the 1970s, exposing the old pioneer exterior. The same will be true inside, where floors altered in the 1970s are being redesigned to look more like the 1870s original. Modern workers covered support beams with steel, wrapped columns with fiberglass and drilled steel pipes called micropiles feet deep into the bedrock below the foundation.
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