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Winter Quarters Collection of Sites and Stories

Winter Quarters Visitors Center Information and stories. More stories about Winter Quarters and people who stayed

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Palmyra, New York Temple Collection of Stories

Amazing stories and facts on the Palmyra New York Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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Architecture and Design of the Snowflake Arizona Temple

To listen to this post on Spotify click here: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/JpyKZ8OYQIb To watch on YouTube click here: https://youtu.be/r1jsoB3xr68 The Snowflake Arizona Temple is the ”sister temple” to the Winter Quarters Temple in Nebraska. Both temples are built on a hill, with the lower level partially set into the hill. There was sixteen feet removed from the […]

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Stained-Glass Windows of the Snowflake Arizona Temple

To listen to this post on Spotify click here: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/mky14x6SQIb To watch on Youtube click here: One of the best things about studying the different temples is that each temple has their own character. Even though there similar layouts in some, or the same architect, each temple has their own uniqueness that is fun to […]

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Windows of the Mount Timpanogos Temple

One of the most beautiful elements of the Mount Timpanogos Temple are the beautiful windows throughout the whole building. The big main windows of the temple are designed using frosted glass, that is laid horizontally. By using this method it makes the window appear like it is flowing water. They also added chunks of glass […]

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The Miracle of the Stained Glass Windows in the Nauvoo Temple

The stained glass windows for the Nauvoo Temple were quite the project! In an article written on Tom Holdmans web site(the artist of the windows) he went into details about the finished windows of the Nauvoo Temple project almost breaking as they went to move the window at the very end of the process. Here’s […]

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Stain glassed Windows in the rebuilt Nauvoo, Temple Getting Christs Face Perfect

Tom Holdman was the artist in charge of the stain glassed windows in the new/rebuilt Nauvoo Temple. The Nauvoo Temple was not the first temple Tom Holdman worked on, he started with the the windows of the Palmyra Temple and then worked on the Winter Quarters Temple. Tom said that he felt that those two […]

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Winter Quarters Temple Windows

To listen to the Podcast on this post click here: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/FKL5J5eVNIb To watch this post on Youtube click here:https://youtu.be/qPhMlX5-CMQ Winter Quarters Windows Artist The Windows at the Winter Quarters Temple are eye catching works of art. The time and the effort that went into these beautiful windows is incalculable. These magnificent windows were made for […]

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Architecture of the Manhattan, New York Temple

The Manhattan, New York temple is unique on multiple different levels from other temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Having been built from an existing building, the Manhattan New York Temple faced different challenges. There are two specific challenges discussed, the first being the noise from the outside streets and the […]

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Uplifting Stories from the Palmyra, Temple

To listen on Spotify click here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystine-stephenson/episodes/Palmyra-New-York-Temple-Uplifting-Stories-e2lisrt There are many amazing stories of Palmyra Temple. There is an article written for the Department of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University in Provo, Editors Alexander Baugh and Andrew Hedges compiled some pretty amazing miracles that happened during the Palmyra Temple building and dedication. These […]

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