Church releases location for Vancouver Washington Temple, renderings for England, US temples

SALT LAKE CITY — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has released the site location of the Vancouver Washington Temple and artistic renderings for temples in England, Nevada and Texas. On Monday, the Chuch said the Vancouver Washington Temple will be built on the northwest corner of SE 20th Street and SE Bybee Road intersection, Vancouver (Camas), Washington. The temple will be a multistory structure, of approximately 43,000 square feet on a 15.11-acre site. The Church said this would be the city of Vancouver's first temple. According to the Church, there are five other temples announced or in operation in Washington. They are the Columbia River, Moses Lake, Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma temples.

Three temple renderings

The Church released the temple rendering for a new place of worship in England. The Birmingham England Temple was announced in April 2022 and will be built at 185-187 Penns Lane, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England.According to the Church, there are two other temples in the United Kingdom: the historic London England Temple and the Preston England Temple. The renderings for the Lone Mountain Nevada Temple and the McKinney Texas Temple were also released. [gallery ids="625782,625781"] This brings the total number of temples in Nevada to four. There are two operating temples: the Las Vegas Nevada Temple and the Reno Nevada Temple. One is currently being built in Elko. The Church said the new temple will be constructed on a 19.8-acre site located southwest of Hickman Avenue, between North Grand Canyon Drive and Tee Pee Lane in Las Vegas, Nevada. The McKinney Texas Temple will be Texas' eighth temple. They have four operating temples in Dallas, Houston, Lubbock, and San Antonio. Several others are under construction in McAllen, Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, and Austin, Texas. According to the Church, the McKinney Texas Temple will be built on a site located along Stacy Road adjacent to and east of an existing meetinghouse at 651 East Stacy Road, in Fairview, Texas.

Eliza Pace contributing.

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