Los Angeles California Temple

Historic Temples and Tabernacles
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LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA TEMPLEThe 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)
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 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.[2] 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.
DATELOCATIONBUILTNATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
SANTA MONICA ,CALIFORNIA1883September 9 , 1975
  • LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA TEMPLE
  • LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA TEMPLE
    • LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA TEMPLE ROOM
    • LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA TEMPLE ROOM