Published by Paul Ivinskas
Saturday, October 17, 2026

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Temples and sacred places · Utah County

Provo City Center Temple

The old Provo Tabernacle, rebuilt as a temple inside its surviving walls after a 2010 fire and dedicated in 2016.

The Provo Tabernacle, a downtown meeting hall dedicated in 1898, burned on December 17, 2010. Firefighters held back from knocking down its exterior walls, and the church rebuilt the building as a temple, according to the church's historic-sites exhibit.

The Provo City Center Temple was dedicated in March 2016. It is separate from the Provo Utah Rock Canyon Temple on Temple Hill Drive.

Milestones

  • AnnouncedOctober 1, 2011
  • GroundbreakingMay 12, 2012
  • DedicatedMarch 20, 2016

Visiting

The official page lists no visitors' center on site. The grounds are open to the public, according to the church. Once a temple is dedicated, attendance is reserved for church members taking part in its ordinances, so the interior is open to the public only during an open house.

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