Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Open House and Dedication

The public is invited to tour the interior of the newly constructed Cody Wyoming Temple from Thursday, August 27, through Saturday, September 12, 2026 (excluding Sundays). The open house will begin with a media day held on Monday, August 24, followed by two days of tours for invited guests. The temple will be dedicated on Sunday, October 25, at 10:00 a.m. with a rebroadcast at 2:00 p.m. The dedicatory session will be broadcast to all congregations in the temple district.¹

Groundbreaking Ceremony

On Friday, September 27, 2024, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the Cody Wyoming Temple. Elder Steven R. Bangerter, First Counselor in the North America Central Area Presidency, presided at the event. Elder Kevin R. Duncan, Executive Director of the Temple Department, was also in attendance. In his site dedicatory prayer, Elder Bangerter asked a blessing on those in the community around the new temple. "We ask that they may feel a spirit of peace wash over them, granting them comfort and assurance that the presence of this temple will bring added joy, prosperity, beauty and unity to their lives and their community," he prayed.²

Temple Rendering

On March 27, 2023, the official exterior rendering for the Cody Wyoming Temple was released to the public. The temple will feature a multi-tiered steeple capped with a gold pyramidal spire.³

Temple Site

On March 13, 2023, the location of the Cody Wyoming Temple was announced as an empty field situated northwest of Skyline Drive and Cody Canal in Cody. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 9,950 square feet.⁴

Temple Announcement

Wyoming's third temple, the Cody Wyoming Temple, was announced by President Russell M. Nelson on October 3, 2021, at the October 2021 General Conference. Cody is located in the northwestern corner of Wyoming near the border of Montana. Approximately one-ninth of the population of Wyoming (or 68,000 people) claim membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Pioneers famously traveled across the state in their westward migration to Utah, primarily from the 1840s to the 1860s.⁵

Cody is home to the Historic Cody Mural and Museum—a meetinghouse of the Church that features a large domed ceiling with a rich-colored mural depicting scenes from Church history including the Restoration and the westward expansion of the pioneers. The chapel and visitors' center are open to the public during the summer months.

Temple Facts

The Cody Wyoming Temple will be the third temple built in Wyoming, following the Star Valley Wyoming Temple (2016) and the Casper Wyoming Temple (under construction).

Temple Locale

Set near the eastern gateway to Yellowstone National Park, the Cody Wyoming Temple draws its character from the historic Sheridan Avenue in Cody’s center, whose Romanesque revival architecture — found throughout Wyoming, especially in its religious buildings — inspired the temple’s exterior. Its design motifs celebrate the region’s natural and cultural heritage. The Indian paintbrush, Wyoming’s state flower, appears throughout the art glass in vibrant red blooms set against green foliage, while stylized patterns drawn from the area’s distinctive “Sheridan-style” leatherwork and the aesthetic movement root the temple in the story of Wyoming’s founding and settlement.

Temple Design

Exterior

The Cody Wyoming Temple is a steel-framed modular structure clad in glass-fiber-reinforced concrete, fabricated by Unlimited Designs of North Salt Lake, Utah, and installed by JHA Steel of Justin, Texas. Crenellations and bracketed detailing are drawn directly from the buildings that front Cody’s historic Sheridan Avenue, while trimmed arches and simplified classical features echo the Romanesque revival style. Rising 100 feet, 11 inches from the ground to the top of the spire, the temple stands as a landmark on its 4.69-acre site, enclosed by a Majestic-style metal fence with glass-fiber-reinforced concrete columns. The cupola was fabricated by Munns Manufacturing of Tremonton, Utah, and installed by JHA Steel.

The plants surrounding the temple were provided by Glacier Nursery of Kalispell, Montana, and installed by LandWorks LLC of Cody, Wyoming.

Interior

Nylon carpet is used throughout the general areas of the temple, fabricated by Milliken of Spartanburg, South Carolina; Bentley Mills of City of Industry, California; and Shaw Industries of Dalton, Georgia, and installed by Commercial Flooring Systems of Salt Lake City, Utah. Wool area rugs add warmth and texture in select rooms, crafted by Rugs International of Cartersville, Georgia, and installed by The Haskell Company of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Porcelain tile serves as the temple’s primary interior stone, its warm reds and greens echoing the Indian paintbrush motif. The stonework was fabricated by Global Stone of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and Wilsonart of Temple, Texas, and installed by Global Stone & Tile of Vineyard, Utah. Tile was supplied by Daltile of Dallas, Texas; Florida Tile of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky; and Porslim of Sassuolo, Italy.

The temple’s decorative lighting combines steel fixtures with a satin brass finish, hand-blown glass and both clear and frosted crystal. Crystal chandeliers and sconces illuminate the temple’s sacred spaces, creating an atmosphere of sacred elegance. The lighting was fabricated by Preciosa of the Czech Republic and installed by Knight Electric of Laurel, Montana.

Quarter-sawn sapele is used throughout the temple’s interior, with paint-grade sapele in the celestial and sealing rooms. The millwork carvings take their style from the “Sheridan-style” leatherwork that originated in the area, a tradition seen in the region’s handcrafted belts, saddles and bags. The millwork was fabricated by Dovecreek Wood Products of Chula Vista, California, and installed by Hurst Custom Homes of Grantsville, Utah.

The temple’s art glass was designed by Edifice Design + Architecture and features the Indian paintbrush, Wyoming’s state flower, viewed from above to showcase the geometric order of nature. Its vibrant red blossoms and green foliage carry the regional motif into the temple’s most sacred spaces. The art glass was fabricated and installed by Timeless Art Glass of Springville, Utah.

The interior doors are quarter-sawn sapele with a satin brass finish and decorative art glass, fabricated by Dovecreek Wood Products of Chula Vista, California, and installed by Hurst Custom Homes of Grantsville, Utah. The exterior doors were fabricated and installed by Jenkins Glass of Ammon, Idaho. The door hardware was fabricated by Fersa of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Top Knobs of Branchburg, New Jersey, and installed by Hurst Custom Homes.

The baptismal font railings continue the foliage motif used in the art glass in a simple, stylized form, carrying the Indian paintbrush imagery into the baptistry. Crafted from aluminum with a satin brass finish, tempered glass and Luce film, the railings were fabricated and installed by Wiemann Metalcraft of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The decorative paint draws the temple’s design elements into harmony, combining the repeating “stamp” patterns of Sheridan-style leather, the stylized forms of the aesthetic movement, and wildflowers and foliage that complement the Indian paintbrush. The temple’s glass-reinforced gypsum ceilings incorporate decorative paint and gold leaf. The decorative paint was fabricated and installed by Allen’s Commercial Arts of Logan, Utah.

The temple’s original artwork includes Mark McKenna’s “Heart Mountain Glory,” Jim Wilcox’s “Opening Day at Lower Falls” and John Horejs’ “August Morning — Mount Moran.”