Los Angeles California temple - wikipedia Los Angeles California temple Los Angeles California Temple Number 10 edit data Dedicated March 11, 1956 ( March 11, 1956 ) by David O. McKay Site 13 acres ( 5.3 hectares ) Floor area 190,614 sq ft ( 17,709 m ) Height 257 ft ( 78 m ) Preceded by Bern Switzerland Temple Followed by Hamilton New Zealand Temple Official website News & images show Additional information Announced March 6, 1937 Groundbreaking September 22, 1951 by David O. McKay Open House December 19, 1955 -- February 18, 1956 Designed by Edward O. Anderson Location 10777 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, California United States Exterior finish Mo - Sai stone facing Temple design Modern, single - tower design Ordinance rooms 4 ( four - stage progressive sessions ) Sealing rooms 10 Clothing rental Yes Cafeteria Full Visitors ' center Yes Coordinates : 34 ° 3 ′ 10.1 '' N 118 ° 26 ′ 2.1 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 34.052806 ° N 118.433917 ° W ﻿ / 34.052806 ; - 118.433917 The Los Angeles California Temple ( formerly the Los Angeles Temple ), the tenth operating and the second - largest temple operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints ( LDS Church ), is on Santa Monica Boulevard in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, California, United States. When it was dedicated in 1956, it was the largest of the church 's temples, though it has since been surpassed by the Salt Lake Temple due to later expansions. The temple serves 39 stakes in Los Angeles, Ventura, Kern, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties. The grounds include a visitors ' center, which was renovated in 2010, the Los Angeles Regional Family History Center, both of which are open to the public, and the headquarters of the church 's California Los Angeles Mission. Contents 1 History 2 Setting 3 Architecture 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 External links History The Los Angeles Temple was announced on March 23, 1937 by church president Heber J. Grant, when the church purchased 24.23 acres ( 98,000 m2 ) from the Harold Lloyd Motion Picture Company. Construction was to begin soon thereafter, but financial difficulties relating to the Great Depression and World War II delayed the groundbreaking until 1951. The temple plans were revised at this time to include a priesthood assembly room, an unusual feature in temples built after the Salt Lake Temple. It was also expanded to accommodate an unprecedented 300 patrons per session. This was the first temple with an angel Moroni statue since the Salt Lake Temple. When the statue was installed it faced southeast, as the temple does. It was later turned to face due east at the request of church president David O. McKay. This was the last temple designed to use live actors instead of a film to present the endowment. The motion - picture presentation soon replaced the live actor presentation, and the progressive presentation ( in which patrons moved from one room to another ) was replaced with stationary ordinance rooms ( i.e., patrons remained in a single room for the entire ceremony ). In 2003, the temple reverted to a progressive - style presentation of the endowment ( but still using a film ) and completely renovated the Terrestrial room. The Los Angeles California Temple was closed for renovations in late November 2005, with reopening originally scheduled for May 2006, but eventually delayed until July 11, 2006. The renovation also included a seismic overhaul and a complete redesign and reconstruction of the baptistry, which had long been plagued by mold due to poor ventilation. Setting The Los Angeles Temple at night Located at 10777 W. Santa Monica Boulevard in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, the temple sits atop a small hill above the intersection of Overland Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard. The well manicured grounds are open to the public and are filled with various plants, including Canary Island Pine trees, several varieties of palm trees, Bird of Paradise trees, olive trees, and rare Chinese Ginkgo trees. At the left and right of the temple are two fountains, and at the front is a large reflection pool. Several family - themed statues further beautify the grounds. In December, the temple grounds are decorated with thousands of multi-colored lights in celebration of Christmas. While not as regionally prominent as the temples in Oakland, San Diego, and Washington D.C., the temple is still a distinctive feature of the westside of Los Angeles. Numerous church facilities are on its grounds including a meetinghouse, a baseball field, the headquarters of the church 's California Los Angeles Mission, and apartments ( used by missionaries, temple workers, temple patrons, and visiting church officials ). The remaining land, along Manning Avenue, was subdivided for residential lots, the sale of which considerably offset the expense of constructing the temple. Along with the Bern Switzerland Temple, dedicated a few months before, these were the church 's first temples built outside of an LDS - dominated area. The Los Angeles Temple was the first temple explicitly designed for automobile accessibility : with its parking facilities being larger than those of any temple built previously and with no direct pedestrian connection between the front doors and Santa Monica Boulevard. Architecture The Los Angeles Temple in 2006 The temple 's architecture is generally Modernist, an aesthetic that extends to the choice of exterior cladding : 146,000 square feet ( 14,000 m2 ) of Mo - Sai pre-cast concrete facing, a mixture of crushed quartz and white Portland cement quarried in Utah and Nevada. The very light brown pigmentation of the Mo - Sai blend has the advantage of concealing the thin layer of soot that accumulates on most buildings in Los Angeles. The temple is 369 feet ( 112 m ) long, 269 feet ( 82 m ) wide and has an overall height of 257 feet ( 78 m ). Atop the temple stands a 15 - foot ( 5 m ) tall statue of the angel Moroni. The building 's architect, Edward O. Anderson, patterned it after Mayan architecture. The rooms include a baptistry, celestial room, four ordinance rooms, ten sealing rooms, and an assembly room that stretches the entire length of the temple. The Los Angeles Temple features murals on the walls of its progressive - style ordinance rooms, including the celestial room. The only other temple with celestial room murals is the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple. See also Book : Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints LDS Church portal Book of Mormon portal Comparison of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints by geographic region Temple architecture ( Latter - day Saints ) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints in California Protests against Proposition 8 supporters Notes Jump up ^ http://lds.org/temples/district/0,11217,1915-1-46-2,00.html Archived March 24, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Orton, Chad M. ( 1987 ), More Faith Than Fear : The Los Angeles Stake Story, Salt Lake City, Utah : Bookcraft, ISBN 0 - 88494 - 646 - 0 Jump up ^ `` News from the Church '', Church News & Events, LDS Church, July 10, 2006, archived from the original on October 29, 2009, retrieved October 8, 2012 contribution = ignored ( help ) Jump up ^ `` Los Angeles California Temple '', MormonTemples.com, June 11, 2008, retrieved October 8, 2012 Jump up ^ Lundstrom, Joseph ( June 20, 1953 ). `` Imposing Structure Takes On New Appearance Each Week ''. Deseret News. Retrieved July 27, 2015. References Anderson, Edward O. ( November 1955 ), `` The Los Angeles Temple '', Improvement Era, 58 ( 11 ) : 802 - 807 External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Los Angeles California Temple. Los Angeles California Temple official site Los Angeles California Temple at LDSChurchTemples.com Los Angeles Temple at LosAngelesMormonTemple.org Los Angeles Temple Visitors ' Center at LDS.org Los Angeles Regional Family History Center ( LARFHC ) Westwood, Los Angeles Geography Neighborhoods East Gate Bel Air Education Primary and secondary schools Los Angeles Unified School District Emerson Middle School UCLA Lab School Other education University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles Public Library Los Angeles Community College District Other Landmarks Geffen Playhouse Hammer Museum Los Angeles California Temple Westwood Village Fox Bruin Theater Fox Village Theater Janss Investment Company Building Ralphs Grocery Store Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery This list is incomplete. Latter - day Saint temples in the Southwestern United States See also : Temples in other geographic regions Arizona Gilbert Arizona Temple Mesa Arizona Temple ( closed for renovations ) Phoenix Arizona Temple Snowflake Arizona Temple Gila Valley Arizona Temple Tucson Arizona Temple Albuquerque Fort Collins Denver Fresno Gila Valley Gilbert Kona Laie Las Vegas Los Angeles Mesa Newport Beach Oakland Phoenix Redlands Reno Sacramento San Diego Snowflake Tucson Operating Construction Announced Closed California Fresno California Temple Los Angeles California Temple Newport Beach California Temple Oakland California Temple ( closed for renovations ) Redlands California Temple Sacramento California Temple San Diego California Temple Colorado Denver Colorado Temple Fort Collins Colorado Temple Hawaii Kona Hawaii Temple Laie Hawaii Temple Nevada Las Vegas Nevada Temple Reno Nevada Temple New Mexico Albuquerque New Mexico Temple Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Los_Angeles_California_Temple&oldid=855641327 '' Categories : 20th - century Latter Day Saint temples Christianity in Los Angeles Landmarks in Los Angeles Places of worship in Los Angeles Religious buildings completed in 1956 Temples ( LDS Church ) in California Tourist attractions in Los Angeles Westwood, Los Angeles 1956 establishments in California Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links CS1 errors : chapter ignored Use mdy dates from September 2017 Coordinates on Wikidata Pages using infobox LDS Temple with unknown parameters Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Esperanto Français Ido Português 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 19 August 2018, at 20 : 14 ( UTC ). 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Question: when was the los angeles lds temple built
Answer: 1956