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

With all of the foundation walls installed for the Montpelier Idaho Temple, preparations are being made to pour the basement floor slab. A vapor barrier has been laid down, and reinforcing steel bar is being set. At the north end of the property, soil has been excavated for a garden area. Across the street from the project to the east, a Welcome Center and general contractor's office have been established at a former daycare building.

Crews continue to form and pour the foundation walls of the Montpelier Idaho Temple. When forming the south walls, a roll of tape was accidentally dropped between the forms. At other construction sites, the incident would have been ignored and concrete pouring would have proceeded with the roll inside. In the case of the temple, however, a worker crawled inside the forms and retrieved the roll before pouring began. The concrete on the south side has now cured, and work proceeds on forming the north walls.

A crane at the Montpelier Idaho Temple site lifts a steel concrete form and suspends it near an awaiting crew who are building the foundation walls for the 27,000-square-foot temple. The form is positioned next to a row of reinforcing steel bars, creating a cavity for the concrete to be poured. Construction of this House of the Lord, which began less than two months ago, is progressing smoothly.

Excavation for the foundation of the Montpelier Idaho Temple has reached the target depth of 20 feet (6 meters). A sewer line was encountered at about 17–18 feet deep that will need to be rerouted before the foundation can be installed. Bundles of rebar have been staged on site in preparation for the concrete footings. The bottom surface of the excavation will be carefully leveled.

A photograph taken of the Montpelier Idaho Temple site shows the progress being made on excavation for the foundation just one week following the groundbreaking. The temple will rise in the shadow of "M" Hill. The mountain monogram was first painted in 1923 by the Montpelier High School student body. The prominent letter was 158 feet high and 108 feet across, covering a whopping 17,064 square feet. It has since become a beloved symbol for residents in the Bear Lake region.

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."

Heavy machinery has cleared and leveled the site for the Montpelier Idaho Temple, which is slated to begin construction following a groundbreaking event scheduled for Saturday, June 17, 2023. Asphalt is being removed from an access road and parking lot while preparations are made for running utilities to the property. Crews have started with burying existing power lines.

The official exterior rendering for the Montpelier Idaho Temple has been released ahead of the groundbreaking that is scheduled to take place on June 17, 2023, with Elder Ryan K. Olsen, General Authority Seventy, presiding. The services will be broadcast live to all units in the proposed temple district. The temple will rise at the intersection of Washington Street and Sixth Street in Montpelier. The two-story building is about 27,000 square feet.

Elder Ryan K. Olsen, General Authority Seventy, will preside at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Montpelier Idaho Temple on Saturday, June 17, 2023. The two-story temple of 27,000 square feet will be constructed on a 2.6-acre site at the northeast corner of Washington and Sixth Street. An exterior rendering of the temple will be released later. Attendance at the temple site is by invitation, but a live broadcast will be available to the members of the temple district.

A chain-link fence has been erected around the site of the future Montpelier Idaho Temple. The location was officially announced eight months ago, but no exterior rendering or groundbreaking date has been released yet. The small town has approximately 2,600 residents with two stakes that pull membership from the surrounding region. The temple will stand across the street from the historic Montpelier Tabernacle.

A news release from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has confirmed the presumed location for the Montpelier Idaho Temple. The two-story building of approximately 27,000 square feet will stand on a 2.6-acre site at the intersection of Washington Street and North Sixth Street in Montpelier. Plans for the temple were announced at last month's general conference by President Russell M. Nelson.

An early 1900s home located on the presumed site for the Montpelier Idaho Temple has been lifted from its foundation and is scheduled to be moved a mile away tomorrow morning. Although no official site announcement has been made, the Church has acquired nine properties in the block east of the renovated Montpelier Tabernacle including the former City Hall building. The historic fixture was razed in March 2021, and several adjoining residences have also been demolished. The site is located on Washington Street between North 6th Street and North 5th Street, south of the Bear Lake County Library and the John A. Bagley House—a Queen Anne-style Victorian known as the Purple Sage.