The Salt Lake Temple

Marianno and Neilson share the history of the temple located at the center of the headquarters for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah, from the time church president Brigham Young declared its precise spot in 1847 to the twenty-first century. Beyond its forty years of construction, readers will learn how the temple shaped and influenced the development of the church into a global faith and its contemporary significance as an icon and symbol for Latter-day Saints.