The Seattle Washington Temple (formerly the Seattle Temple) is the 21st constructed and 19th operating
temple
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of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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(LDS Church). Located in the city of
Bellevue Bellevue means "beautiful view" in French. It may refer to:
Placenames
Australia
* Bellevue, Western Australia
* Bellevue Hill, New South Wales
* Bellevue, Queensland
* Bellevue, Glebe, an historic house in Sydney, New South Wales
Canada ...
, east of
Seattle
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, it was the first to be built in the state of
Washington
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* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
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** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
.
The temple has a
modern single-spire design.
Due to its proximity to the
Bellevue Airfield
Bellevue Airfield (BVU) was a private airfield in the northwest United States, located in what is now the Eastgate Neighborhood of Bellevue, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle. It was situated east of 156th Avenue SE and north of Interstate 90 ...
, the proposed height of the spire was reduced, and a red strobe warning light was installed at the base of the
angel Moroni
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statue. The airfield closed in 1983, and the light was shut off.
History
The intention to construct the Seattle Temple was announced on November 15, 1975, and it was dedicated five years later on November 17, 1980, by
church president Spencer W. Kimball
Spencer Woolley Kimball (March 28, 1895 – November 5, 1985) was an American business, civic, and religious leader who was the twelfth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The grandson of early Latter-day S ...
.
The temple was built on , has four
ordinance room
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s and 12 sealing rooms, and has a total floor area of .
In 2020, the Seattle Washington Temple was closed in response to the
coronavirus pandemic
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.
[Whitehurst, Lindsay]
"Mormon church suspends temple activities over virus"
''Seattle Post Intelligencer
The ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' (popularly known as the ''Seattle P-I'', the ''Post-Intelligencer'', or simply the ''P-I'') is an online newspaper and former print newspaper based in Seattle, Washington, United States.
The newspaper was foun ...
'', 25 March 2020. Retrieved on 28 March 2020.
See also
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