![]() The first was the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple, which had an angel Moroni statue added in 1983, almost 40 years after its dedication. Several temples received angels after their dedications.The Atlanta Georgia Temple (1983) was originally designed with no spire or angel Moroni, but the Church revised its plans, and nearly every temple built for the next 40 years featured an angel Moroni statue.The first temple to have a standing angel Moroni was the Salt Lake Temple.The angel was inspired by Revelations 14:6, which says, "And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people." The Nauvoo Temple was the first to have an angel (though not identified as Moroni), and it is the only temple to have a horizontal or flying angel (which functioned as a weathervane).In fact, the angels on several temples face nearly due west because of lot orientation or the placement of spires. Not all temples have an east-facing angel Moroni statue.The Helena Montana Temple was the first temple built using modular construction.The Syracuse Utah Temple was the first temple constructed with two baptistries.The first state outside of Utah to have more than one dedicated temple was California.The first city in the world to have two Latter-day Saint temples was South Jordan, Utah, where the Jordan River Utah Temple and the Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple are located.The temple site was also a gift to the Church. The Jordan River Utah Temple was the first temple whose construction (and maintenance costs for many years) were funded entirely by monetary donations from local members.The Logan Utah Temple was the first temple built with a progressive-room scheme for presentation of the endowment.On November 14, 1999, the Halifax Nova Scotia Temple and Regina Saskatchewan Temple became the first two temples dedicated on the same day.Paul Minnesota Temple was the first temple dedicated in the year 2000. Packer dedicated the Regina Saskatchewan Temple-the first 20th century temple to be dedicated by an apostle who was not a member of the First Presidency. (All previous designs had been guided by revelation.) The Cardston Alberta Temple was the first for which the First Presidency invited architects to submit their original designs.The Vernal Utah Temple was the first temple to be converted from an existing building. ![]()
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