The Boise Idaho Temple

of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

In 1936 when the Church was looking for a site for the Idaho Falls Temple, President Heber J. Grant visited Boise and met with business and Church leaders there. These men offered to donate land and help cover construction costs if the Church would build a temple there. President Grant replied that the Church in the Boise area was to small to justify building a temple there at that time, but that the time would come when Boise would have its own temple. The saints had to wait nearly 50 years but when the Church dedicated the Boise Temple they showed their appreciation by attending so often, and in such large numbers, that the temple had to be renovated just three years after its dedication. Almost 15,000 square feet was added on to the temple, nearly doubling its original size,.

The temple was announced in March 1982.
Ground was broken and construction begun on 18 December 1982.
The cornerstone was laid and the temple dedicated on 25-30 May 1984.
There are 3 Sealing and 4 Ordinance rooms in the temple.
Before renovation there were 17,850 square feet, after renovation there are 32,269 square feet in the temple.
The tallest (east center) spire is 112 feet tall.
The Boise Temple serves stakes in southwestern Idaho and eastern Oregon.

Pictures of the Interior:

One of the three Sealing Rooms.
Source: Dallas Temple Open House Brochure.

One of the four Endowment Rooms.
Source: Dallas Temple Open House Brochure.

The Celestial Room.
Source: Dallas Temple Open House Brochure.

Rooms not Pictured:
The Baptistry
2 Sealing Rooms

Previous Temple.
Next Temple.

Back to The Chronological List.
Back to The Temple Guide.
Back to The Alphabetical List.

Back to Athens.