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

Open House and Dedication

A public open house for the Montpelier Idaho Temple will be held this September from Thursday, September 10, through Saturday, September 26, 2026 (excluding Sundays). The open house will commence with a media day held on Tuesday, September 8, followed by private tours for invited guests on September 9. The temple will be dedicated on Sunday, October 18, at 10:00 a.m. with a rebroadcast at 2:00 p.m. The dedicatory session will be broadcast to all units in the temple district.¹

Groundbreaking Ceremony

Elder Ryan K. Olsen, General Authority Seventy, presided at the groundbreaking for the Montpelier Idaho Temple on Saturday, June 17, 2023. Speakers and a children's choir assembled from local congregations were featured on the program for the event, which had over 600 people in attendance on site. In his site dedicatory prayer, Elder Olsen said: "We ask a special blessing on those who have gathered this day that they and their families will be given understanding and peace with confidence in Thy plan."²

Temple Rendering

On April 24, 2023, an official exterior rendering for the Montpelier Idaho Temple was released to the public.

Temple Site

On May 20, 2022, the site location for the Montpelier Idaho Temple was announced as a 2.6-acre parcel located on Washington Street between North 6th Street and North 5th Street. The Church acquired nine properties in this block east of the Montpelier Tabernacle (renovated in 2015) including the former City Hall building. The city fixture, which was built in the late 1910s at the same time as the tabernacle, was demolished in March 2021. The City also granted its interest in an alleyway to the Church, and several of the residences were demolished or relocated. The property lies south of the Bear Lake County Library and the John A. Bagley House—a Queen Anne-style Victorian known as the Purple Sage that was built in 1902 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Temple Announcement

On April 3, 2022, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct the Montpelier Idaho Temple at the April 2022 General Conference. Montpelier, Idaho, is a community of around 2,500 people located just north of Bear Lake along the southeastern Idaho border. Early Church pioneers settled in Idaho in 1855. Several Church presidents are natives of Idaho, including Presidents Harold B. Lee, Ezra Taft Benson, and Howard W. Hunter. Other temples in the state at the time of the announcement included the Twin Falls Idaho Temple, Boise Idaho Temple, Burley Idaho Temple, Idaho Falls Idaho Temple, Meridian Idaho Temple, Pocatello Idaho Temple, Rexburg Idaho Temple, and Teton River Idaho Temple.³

Temple Facts

The Montpelier Idaho Temple will be the eighth temple built in Idaho, following the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple (1945), the Boise Idaho Temple (1984), the Rexburg Idaho Temple (2008), the Twin Falls Idaho Temple (2008), the Meridian Idaho Temple (2017), the Pocatello Idaho Temple (2021), and the Burley Idaho Temple (2026).

Temple Locale

The Montpelier Idaho Temple stands as a welcoming landmark in the Montpelier area. Its design motifs draw from the natural beauty of southeastern Idaho, featuring the chicory flower in various stages of bloom and reeded details throughout the interior. A color palette of gold, blues, greens and yellows reflects the local wildflowers and the stunning turquoise waters of nearby Bear Lake.

Temple Design

Exterior

The Montpelier Idaho Temple is constructed with structural steel. The property extends over 2.6 acres, enclosed by decorative steel fencing by Ameristar of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Interior

Gold and blue carpets designed by Bentley Mills of City of Industry, California, are used throughout the temple, with wall-to-wall rugs by Tai Ping of California in select spaces.

The temple’s primary interior stone is Breccia Aurora Light, with a border containing Giallo Reale, Giallo Provenza Light, Rojo Alicante and Amazonite. The stone was quarried from Italy, Spain and Brazil, fabricated by Marmi Ghirardi of Carpenedolo, Italy, and installed by Cleveland Marble LP of Orange, California.

Decorative paint designs throughout the temple incorporate the chicory flower and reeded motifs that define the interior design. The decorative paint was fabricated and installed by Finessed Finishes of Mapleton, Utah.

Polished brass fixtures with hanging crystals illuminate the temple’s interior. Crystal chandeliers grace the bride’s room, celestial room and sealing rooms, creating an atmosphere of sacred elegance. The lighting was fabricated by Preciosa International of the Czech Republic and China and installed by Bear River Electric of Montpelier, Idaho.

Sapele solid wood and quarter-cut makore veneer are used throughout the temple’s interior. The millwork was fabricated and installed by Gaithersburg Architectural Millwork of Warrenton, Virginia.

The art glass was designed by Theodore Ellison Designs of Oakland, California. The patterns feature simple linework borders with a bud detail, along with a landscape depicting mountains and a lake reminiscent of nearby Bear Lake. Colors include gold, blues, coral and yellow. The art glass was fabricated and installed by Holdman Studios of Lehi, Utah.

Makore doors with decorative hardware are used throughout the temple. The hardware was fabricated by Rocky Mountain Hardware of Hailey, Idaho, and installed by Gaithersburg Architectural Millwork of Warrenton, Virginia. Interior doors were fabricated by VT Industries of Holstein, Iowa, and installed by Gaithersburg Architectural Millwork. Exterior doors were fabricated by Dawson Metal Company of Jamestown, New York, and installed by Steel Encounters of Salt Lake City, Utah.

The baptismal font railings feature decorative bronze with glass infill panels. They were fabricated and installed by Ducworks of Logan, Utah.

The temple’s original artwork includes Kimbal Warren’s “North Fork Trail, Wind Rivers Wyoming,” Chris Manwaring’s “He Lives,” John Horejs’ “River Tranquility” and Josh Clare’s “Softly Now the Light of Day.”