Plans announced:
- 12 December 2003
Groundbreaking:
- 30 July 2005
Public open house:
- Saturday, 29 December 2007, through Saturday, 26 January 2008, excluding Sundays
Cultural celebration:
- Saturday, 2 February 2008
Dedication:
- Sunday, 3 February 2008
Location:
- 750 South 2nd East, Rexburg, Idaho (open house will begin at the meetinghouse adjacent to the temple on 7th South)
Building size:
- 57,504 square feet
Building height:
- 168 feet 9 inches to the top of the Moroni statue (Moroni statue is 10 feet 8 inches tall)
Exterior features:
- Precast concrete panels with quartz rock finish (rock was mined in Washington state, added to the concrete and sandblasted)
- 45 different molds used to create 637 panels, including retaining wall
- Weight of exterior panels: 2,600 tons
- 700 art-glass windowpanes, most with depiction of wheat stalk, created by Utah artist Tom Holdman
Interior features:
- Original murals painted by local artist Leon Parson
- Wood trim imported from Africa
- Stone and tile imported from Israel
- Oxen for baptistry made of fiberglass
When dedicated, this will be the Church’s 125th operating temple worldwide and the third in Idaho. Other temples in Idaho are located in Idaho Falls and Boise. Another temple is currently under construction in Twin Falls — one of 12 additional temples announced or under construction throughout the world. The Rexburg Idaho Temple will serve Latter-day Saints in communities across eastern Idaho, including Rexburg, Sugar City, St. Anthony, Ashton, Driggs and the campus of Brigham Young University-Idaho.