3D Latter-day Temples
“To accomplish this work there will have to be not only one temple, but thousands of them, and thousands and tens of thousands of men and women will go into those temples and officiate for people who have lived as far back as the Lord shall reveal.”
— Brigham Young, June 22, 1856
Currently, I have three ways you can browse the information on this site:
Temples Chronologically
This link will take you to a page where you can browse and select from Latter-day Temples in a menu that is arranged Chronologically by dedication date.
Temples Alphabetically
This link will take you to a page where you can browse and select from Latter-day Temples in a menu that is arranged Alphabetically.
Temples Geographically
This link will take you to a page where you can browse and select from Latter-day Temples multiple geographic based methods.
Other Temple Projects
Know Your Moroni
A free to read and free to download e-book about the history, usage and variations of the Angel Moroni Statues in use on many of the Latter-day Temples. (Last Updated 2021)
Moroni Faces East
An attempt to show the direction each Angel Moroni Statue in use on Each Temple currently faces. (Last updated 2017)
Holiness To The Lord
An infographic featuring each temple, chronologically, with it’s Inscription. (Last updated 2019)
I Love To see The Temple
A series of Infographics designed to let you compare temples in visual ways you have never been able to before
Construction Timeline
An infographic showing temple timelines from announcement to dedication, along with renovations. (Last Updated 2018)
Temple Photography
All of this, the photography and the 3d models, started in December of 1997 as I was driving up state street in Utah county. I had just crested the hill that drops down from Orem to Lindon. I saw ahead of me a dark overcast valley with a bright pillar of light shining on the Mount Timpanogos Utah Temple. I was struck with the scene as I drove the rest of the way home. So much so, that when I got home I grabbed my cheap point and shoot camera, drove back to the spot, and tried to capture the scene. The lighting had changed, but it was still kind of there. I then drove to the temple, stopping on the way to get a couple of other shots.
I was working at a store with a photo center at the time, and I developed the film a couple of days later. In retrospect, the photos were terrible.
But I was in a bad place in my life back then. I needed something to grab onto. So I picked temple photography as my anchor.
As I write this now, it has been 26 years, 103 temples, and 47,000+ photographs.