In 1858, President Brigham Young instructed Saints to build a road from Provo to Heber. In the 1840s, Elder Heber C. Kimball of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles helped to convert many of the first English settlers to the Church through his missionary service. These converts settled the valley and participated in the first ward created in Heber.
Architecture and Design of the Heber Valley Utah Temple
The site for the Heber Valley Utah Temple is 17.9 acres, and the house of the Lord will be approximately 88,000 square feet upon completion. It will house four instruction rooms, four sealing rooms, two baptistries and a celestial room.
An exterior rendering depicts a rectangular-shaped building with arched windows and green domed cupolas above the front and the rear steeple.
Groundbreaking Photos of the Heber Valley Utah Temple
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President Russell M. Nelson and his wife, Sister Wendy W. Nelson; and Elder Kevin R. Duncan and his wife, Nancy, are joined by residents in turning over the soil at the groundbreaking of the Heber Valley Utah Temple ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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President Russell M. Nelson gestures while speaking at the Heber Valley temple groundbreaking in Heber City, Utah, on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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President Russell M. Nelson speaks prior to giving the dedicatory prayer at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Heber Valley Utah Temple on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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An artist’s rendering of the Heber Valley temple on display at the Heber Valley temple groundbreaking in Heber City, Utah, on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Elder Kevin R. Duncan of the Seventy offers his remarks at the Heber Valley temple groundbreaking in Heber City, Utah, on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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An artist’s rendering of the Heber Valley Utah Temple is shown at the site prior to the groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
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Guests bow their heads during the dedicatory prayer at the Heber Valley temple groundbreaking in Heber City, Utah, on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. | Scott G. Winterton, Deseret News
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President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints waves to the residents as he and Sister Wendy W. Nelson arrive for the groundbreaking of the Heber Valley Utah Temple on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
Additional Facts
Fact #1
The Heber Valley Utah Temple will be the first temple to be built in Wasatch County, Utah.
Fact #2
A house of the Lord was not announced for Utah in either April 2022 or October 2022 general conference; this means the Heber Valley temple was the last Utah temple announced by President Nelson before a year without a Utah temple announcement.
The Heber Valley Utah Temple will be the first temple to be built in Wasatch County, Utah.
Fact #2
A house of the Lord was not announced for Utah in either April 2022 or October 2022 general conference; this means the Heber Valley temple was the last Utah temple announced by President Nelson before a year without a Utah temple announcement.
