2 Assembly Halls

Description

The original temples of the Church, this layout was first announced for the unbuilt Independence Missouri Temple, then modified for each future temple. As such, there is little similarity between the building layouts outside of them having 2 Assembly halls

The St. George Utah Temple was initially built to this plan, and the original plans for Salt Lake Temple indicated plans to have it built to this plan as well.

Area35,818-35,865
Floors above grade2*
Floors below Grade1
Baptistries1†
Initiatories
Endowment Rooms4†
Sealing Rooms1†
*minimum, differs per temple
†maximum, differs per temple

List

Dedicated

TempleYearSquare Footage
Kirtland Ohio183615,000
Nauvoo Illinois184650,000
St. George Utah187711,500

Unbuilt

TempleAnnounced YearSquare Footage
Independence Missouri1831
Far West Missouri1838
Adam-ondi-ahman1838

Renders