![]() ![]() To make way for a temple building, the early Saints would tunnel back about 20-30 feet, then dig two 10-foot wings at the end. Known as the Manti stone quarry, it was actually abundant in a cream-colored stone known as Manti oolite, used for the building's exterior. The site Brigham Young said was dedicated to be a temple site by the Book of Mormon prophet Moroni, was solid gray rock. It's a beautiful building now on a green and grassy hill, he explained but it wasn't always so. ![]() Your grandmother and I were married there. Your great-grandparents were married there. "See that building way out there," he'd say. He would often take her on bumpy rides around his farm and point out a white building in the distance on a hill. PROVO - When Nani Bendixen was a small girl, she loved visiting her grandfather in the Sanpete Valley. The tower on the east end, you can see the French influence in the architecture. Stands on what is known as "Temple Hill," and dominates the Sanpete Valley of central Utah, because of it's location it can be seen from miles and miles away.Ī contrast between the smooth finished stone of the temple and the un-quarried stone of the hill behind the temple. The Manti Utah Temple is one of only two temples that still employs live acting for its sessions. An engineering marvel of the Mormon Pioneers. Open-center spiral staircases wind up each of the 179-foot towers. Moroni dedicated the site for a temple in the later days! The quarry's stone, Manti oolite, is the stone that was used to build the temple. It was built on a rattlesnake-infested site, known as the Manti Stone Guarry. Original dedication May 21-23 1888 by Lorenzo Snow Groundbreaking and site dedication was April 25th 1877 by Brigham Young Here are some facts about the Manti Utah Temple: ![]()
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