St. George Temple Sites and Stories

The St. George Temple is the first temple built in Utah, and is the oldest operating Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The St. George Temple has a rich history with amazing stories, here is a collection of information on the St. George Temple. The temple was personally overseen by the Prophet Brigham Young, and an important temple to Wilford Woodruff.

General Information on the St. George Temple

This blog post contains some fun facts and information on the St. George Temple. If you are looking for basic, fun facts on the St. George Temple this post is where to start. Awesome Facts about the St. George Temple:

Digging deeper into history of the St. George Temple

St. George Temple Foundation. The foundation of the St. George Temple was a very difficult problem to solve. There is an underground river that flows directly under the St. George Temple. The pioneers, with little engineering training learned how to solve the problem and create a firm foundation for the Temple of the Lord.

The St. George Temple is almost open again to Temple patrons and the extensive renovations to the building have been a process of love and effort. Here is a blog post with a clip from the Church News on what the process of rebuilding looked like. Renovations to the St. George Temple

When the St. George Temple was built, it had a smaller Temple Spire. Brigham Young wanted the temple spire replaced with a larger more prestigious spire, but for multiple reasons the spire did not get replaced. After the death of Brigham Young the St. George Temple was hit by lightning, read more on the link here: History of the St. George Temple Spire

The St. George Temple has a wonderful deep, rich history with fascinating stories. In the blog linked here, you can listen to a fireside done by Bruce C. Hafen explaining the details of the building process and the blessings the St. Geroge is for the area of St. George in this blog post linked here: Best St. George Temple Information by Bruce C. Hafen

Stories of the St. George Temple

The Founding Fathers of The United States of America appeared to the prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Wilford Woodruff, in the St. George Temple. Here is the account of what took place in this blog post:Founding Fathers and the St. George Temple.

Other Church Sites in St. George

Around the block from the St. George Temple is the Winter home of Brigham Young. This home is very special to the history of the Church. Brigham Young was very concerned with getting the endowment to the Saints, and getting the temple finished was priority for the Prophet. Brigham Young stayed in this home while overseeing the St. George temple. Here is a link that shares more about Brigham Young's winter home: History of Brigham Young’s Winter Home, St. George Utah

The St. George Tabernacle is another important historic building in St. George. This building was built for the gathering of the Saints, and was where important revelations were taught to the Saints. Here is a link with more information on the St. George Tabernacle. St. George Tabernacle- “The Jewel of the Desert”

The St. George Tabernacle is where the prophet Lorenzo Snow promised the Saints of St. George, that if they would pay a full tithe the "Windows of Heaven" would open and pour down blessings on the Saints. This was made into a Church movie, and the background and information is available here: Windows of Heaven, Tithing with Lorenzo Snow

Jacob Hamblin, the Peace Maker. The Jacob Hamblin house in St. George is also a great tour done by the Latter-day Saint missionaries.