Fairbanks Alaska Temple
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- June 23, 2025 – Groundbreaking Announced for the Fairbanks Alaska Temple
- December 10, 2024 – Northernmost LDS temple to be constructed in Fairbanks
- November 25, 2024 – First Fairbanks Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple to be built
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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.
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.