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September Groundbreaking Announced for the Fairbanks Alaska Temple

Elder Peter M. Johnson, First Counselor in the North America West Area Presidency, will preside at the groundbreaking services for the Fairbanks Alaska Temple on Saturday, September 27, 2025. The 10,000-square-foot temple, a meetinghouse, and an ancillary building will be constructed on a 7.59-acre site on Geist Road. The first congregation in Alaska was organized in July 1938. Today, nearly 34,000 Latter-day Saints in over 80 congregations call the state of Alaska home.
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Location and Rendering Released for the Fairbanks Alaska Temple

The location of the Fairbanks Alaska Temple has been announced as a 7.59-acre site located along Geist Road in Fairbanks. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 10,000 square feet, a meetinghouse, and an accompanying ancillary building. The official exterior rendering of the temple has also been released. The temple is the second to be constructed in the state of Alaska, following the Anchorage Alaska Temple (1999), which is currently being reconstructed.