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

Heavy machinery has been drilling and excavating in preparation for laying the footings and foundation for the Knoxville Tennessee Temple. Concrete pipe has been staged, and trenches will be excavated for the property's storm drainage system. The groundbreaking for Tennessee's third house of the Lord was held over two months ago at the end of the January. Construction activity picked up significantly in March.

On Saturday, January 27, Elder Shayne M. Bowen, First Counselor in the North American Southeast Area Presidency, presided at the groundbreaking for the Knoxville Tennessee Temple. "God is bringing His work to His people so that we can enter in and worship in the holy temple, receive the saving ordinances that will allow us to return home and live in His presence as families forever. There’s nothing better than that," he said. The temple was announced in April 2022 and will be constructed on a 4.99-acre site located at 13001 Kingston Pike in Farragut.

Elder Shayne M. Bowen, First Counselor in the North America Southeast Area Presidency, will preside at the groundbreaking services for the Knoxville Tennessee Temple on Saturday, January 27, 2024. The temple will be constructed on a 4.99-acre site located at 13001 Kingston Pike in Farragut, Tennessee. Plans call for a single-story building of approximately 30,000 square feet.

Site clearing has begun at the Knoxville Tennessee Temple site where heavy equipment is removing vegetation and making preparations for construction, though no groundbreaking date has been announced yet. In the spring, the Farragut Municipal Planning Commission enthusiastically approved the plans for the property, recognizing it as an extraordinary architectural piece for the community.

The Farragut Municipal Planning Commission unanimously approved the site plan for the Knoxville Tennessee Temple at its commission meeting last month. Commissioner Noah Myers said, "This is going to be a heck of an architectural piece in the Town of Farragut…It’s pretty awesome." The granite-veneer building will stand 122 feet high, and the grounds will feature walking trails along the length of its Kingston Pike’s frontage and Fleenor Road frontage, as well as connections into the site with trails and sidewalks.

Church headquarters has released the official exterior rendering for the Knoxville Tennessee Temple. The single-story building will be constructed on a wooded 4.99-acre site in the suburb of Farragut at 13001 Kingston Pike. Detailed plans for the 30,000-square-foot temple are still underway, and no groundbreaking date has been announced.

The location of the Knoxville Tennessee Temple was announced in a Church news release today. The wooded 4.99-acre site is situated in the suburb of Farragut at 13001 Kingston Pike. Plans call for a single-story temple of approximately 30,000 square feet. It will be the third temple constructed in the state, joining the Memphis Tennessee Temple and Nashville Tennessee Temple, both dedicated in 2000.