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Temple Dedication:
May 17, 1884 by John Taylor
Rededication
(remodeling): March 13, 1979 by Spencer W. Kimball
Location:
175 North 300 East; Logan, Utah (on the eastern bench overlooking Cache
Valley)
Site:
9 acres selected by Brigham Young.
Exterior
Finish: Dark-colored, siliceous limestone -- an extremely
hard stone and compact in texture. Buff colored
limestone was used wherever detailed shaping was necessary.
Temple Design:
Castellated style.
Number of
Rooms: Four ordinance rooms and eleven sealing.
Total Floor
Area: 115,507 square feet.
Current Temple
Schedule: Logan
Temple Schedule
Rededicatory
Prayer Excerpt: "We especially, this day, thank Thee for this
building which we now dedicate to Thee and Thy people and Thy service,
and we are pleased that this glorious building has been in operation for
near a hundred years to satisfy the needs of Thy people. We are grateful
that Thy early saints did establish these monuments in the valleys of the
mountains, as foretold by the prophets, and now other beautiful edifices
are being planned and marked for many nations and many peoples therein.
We are grateful to Thee, Holy Father, that we have been able to see this
day when expanding numbers may receive their anointings and blessings in
holy temples within reasonable distances of their homes."
Comments:
In 1863, President Brigham Young and several other General Authorities
visited Cache Valley. During the visit on August 22, Elder Wilford Woodruff
was preaching at the bowery in Logan when he felt impressed to direct his
comments to the youth. He said, "You will have the privelege of going into
the tower of a glorious temple built unto the
name of the most high God, east of us upon the Logan Bench." President
Young then testified that Elder Woodruff's words were revelation. About
14 years later, ground was broken for what is now the second oldest functioning
temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Logan
Temple was built completely by volunteer labor. Just after the ground breaking,
President Young spoke words of encouragement by saying that the temple
could be built "without any burden to ourselves if our hearts are in the
work, and we will be blessed abundantly in doing so. We will be better
off in our temporal affairs when it is completed than when we commenced."
Energy and excitement were high, and construction on the temple began almost
immediately. Sacrifices were made by many to help quicken the pace of the
temple's erection. Since the supply of commercially produced carpeting
was not sufficient in the Utah Territory, the sisters in that district
were asked to perform the
overwhelming task of producing the needed floor coverings just two months
before the planned dedication. They worked tirelessly collecting
rags and stitching them together. By the time ordinance work began, these
ladies had produced over two thousand square yards of finely woven rag
carpeting. Its design follows the pattern of the Manti and
Salt Lake Temples -- a large assembly hall in the top floor and towers
on each end. It is in the great assembly hall where the dedication took
place. Speaking at the dedication, Elder Wilford Woodruff testified that
"the spirits of Elias, Elijah and other holy men of old are hovering over
us and are ready to aid us in any way that is possible." He stated that
Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and the Savior were especially interested
in the dedication of the temple and that "if the veil were taken from our
eyes we would behold their faces. . . . God and the heavens
are with us today and the Lord is pleased with our labors." Not too many
years after the dedication, fire broke out in the Logan temple after
it had closed on the night of December 4, 1917. The cause was faulty electrical
wiring, and the resulting flames quickly engulfed the southeast stairway.
Many things were destroyed including art windows and paintings. Extensive
smoke and water damage was plainly evident in adjacent parts of the building.
Fourty thousand dollars were spent to rebuild the stairway and make other
necessary repairs so that the temple could reopen within three months
of the accident. The Logan temple underwent two additional remodeling
projects. The first was from 1949 to 1950 when the temple underwent
major improvements in offices, the kitchen, laundry areas, heating, air
conditioning, lighting, and the installation of elevators. In 1979 the
temple's ordinance rooms were converted to the more efficient "movie" scheme
which is how it stands today.
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