Take a look inside the Provo City Center LDS Temple with newly released photos
The celestial room of the Provo City Center Temple.
Motifs from about 80 stained-glass windows that survived the fire inspired new designs in the woodwork and windows of the temple.
The Provo tabernacle’s newel post survived the fire, and replicas are now part of staircases in the temple.
The temple chapel's pulpit was salvaged and restored after the original tabernacle burned in a fire.
PROVO — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has launched an online, interactive Church History exhibit featuring the first interior photos of the Provo City Center Temple.
The exhibit is available at history.lds.org, and shows how the temple has evolved from the Provo tabernacle, which burned in a fire in December 2010. The fire burned the 112-year-old tabernacle, leaving only the shell of the building behind, according to Mormon Newsroom. Then, in October 2011, President Thomas S. Monson, leader of the church, announced the tabernacle would be converted into a temple.
-
-
The celestial room of the Provo City Center Temple.
-
-
Motifs from about 80 stained-glass windows that survived the fire inspired new designs in the woodwork and windows of the temple.
-
-
The Provo tabernacle’s newel post survived the fire, and replicas are now part of staircases in the temple.
-
-
The temple chapel’s pulpit was salvaged and restored after the original tabernacle burned in a fire.
-
-
A sealing room in the Provo City Center Temple.
According to the Church History exhibit, temple architects, designers and historians used salvaged materials and old photographs for inspiration and to keep the memory of the tabernacle alive. Materials salvaged include about 80 stained glass windows, the tabernacle’s newel post and chapel pulpit.
Story continues below photo.
Photo supplied/history.lds.org
A sealing room in the Provo City Center Temple.
The Provo City Center Temple open house, which provides a full temple tour, will begin Jan. 15 and run through March 5. Open house sessions will be held Monday through Saturday, and all tours are free to the public.
A cultural celebration will be held Mar. 19. A dedication will then follow on Mar. 20, with three dedicatory sessions at 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m.
The dedicated temple will open Mar. 22 to all LDS Church members with temple recommends. It is located at 50 S. University Ave. in Provo.
