3 new temple sites announced, 4 new temple renderings released

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently released location information for three new temples—the Santiago West Chile Temple, the Austin Texas Temple, and the Cleveland Ohio Temple—and beautiful artist renderings for four additional temples—the Kaohsiung Taiwan Temple, the Singapore Temple, the Knoxville Tennesee Temple, and the Modesto California Temple.

The Church’s newest temple in Chile—the Santiago West Chile Temple—will be built at Primo de Rivera 1551, Comuna de Maipu, Santiago, Chile. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 12,500 square feet. This will be the fourth temple in Chile, following a temple in Santiago dedicated in 1983, and temples under construction in Concepción and Antofagasta.

The new Cleveland Ohio Temple will be built at Brecksville Rd., south of Longano Dr., Independence, Cuyahoga County, Ohio 44131. The temple in Cleveland will be a single-story temple, approximately 9,900 square feet in size. The Columbus Ohio Temple is currently under renovation.

The Austin Texas Temple will be a 30,000-square-foot, single-story temple, built on a 10.6-acre site adjacent to an existing meetinghouse located at 1801 E. Park Street, Cedar Park, Texas. The Church’s temple in Austin is one of eight temples in operation, announced, or under construction in Texas.

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According to Church Newsroom, the single-story, 10,900 square feet Kaohsiung Taiwan Temple will be built on a 1.26-acre site located near Dachang Road and Dehua Street, Niaosong District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. This will be the second temple in Taiwan, after the Taipei Taiwan Temple.

According to a Newsroom announcement from October, the new Singapore Temple will be built on a one-acre site located at 233 Pasir Panjang Road in Singapore. This will be a two-story temple approximately 18,000 square feet in size with an adjacent meetinghouse and an arrival center on the property.

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In an October 31 Newsroom announcement, the Church stated that the new temple in Knoxville, Tennessee, will be a single-story, 30,000-square-foot structure, built on a 4.99-acre site located at 13001 Kingston Pike, Farragut, Tennessee. The temple in Knoxville will be the third in Tennessee, after the temples in Memphis and Nashville.

Church Newsroom recently announced that the Modesto California Temple will be built on a 17.63-acre site adjacent to an existing meetinghouse located at 4300 Dale Rd., Modesto, California. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 30,000 square feet, and the new temple in Modesto is the ninth temple in operation, under construction, or announced in the state of California.

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For more updates on each of these soon-to-be-built temples, visit Church Newsroom.