MANTI TEMPLE ARTICLE ~~~(From the Elva Guyman Collection in Our Archives)

 

This is a repost.  We posted the photo of the Manti Temple above but inadvertently left off the article. 

Some of the article was cut off when clipped out of the paper.

MANTI TEMPLE ARTICLE ~~~ Taken from the Elva Guyman Collection

 

This is a repost.  We posted the photo of the Manti Temple above, but inadvertently missed the article. 

Some of the article was cut off when clipped out of the paper.

EARLY PHOTOS OF THE MANTI TEMPLE ~~~ From the Elva Guyman Collection

 

A HOUSE OF THE LORD IN MANTI

 

MANTI TEMPLE ~~~ Taken from "Grow With Sanpete" circa 1959

 

Journey Of Faith ~ Erick and Caroline Gunderson ~ David R. Gunderson ~ Temples

With permission of David R. Gunderson, we include the following book to our blog.   I will do a few increments at a time, as I have done with the Andrew Madsen and James Monsen histories.  I will also paste the pages over to David's own blog page: http://davidrgunderson.blogspot.com/

This book will be of interest to not only the Gunderson Family but also to the Brotherson, Ericksen, Peel,   Madsen, Larsen and more.

TEMPLES

Our Beloved Manti Temple ~~~ Photographer Unknown

Sanpete's Oolite Stone

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  • This oolitic limestone chapel was designed by architect Richard C. Watkins of Provo and built between 1902-1911. John F. Bohlin supervised masons Jens J. Carlson, Jens. Sorensen and Lars Larsen. Emil Erickson and two men from Mt. Pleasant were the principal carpenters. The building cost $40,000 and was dedicated by Anton H. Lund, counselor to Joseph F. Smith on March 15, 1914. It was remodeled in 1939. An addition to the north, containing a cultural hall and other rooms, was constructed of matching limestone in the 1970s.This was the LDS church’s first preservation and addition to a chapel rather than replacing the historic building with a new chapel. It is currently listed among the LDS church’s top 15 historic buildings.
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Manti Temple

Manti was settled by determined pioneers. They carved shelters for that first winter out of a hillside of creamy tan oolite; in the spring, they battled rattlesnakes for possession of the valley. And from that hill, they took the limestone to build their temple, fifth of the Church’s temples and third to be built in Utah.

JOURNEY OF FAITH continueed.......David R. Gunderson

JOURNEY OF FAITH CONTINUED FROM 

YESTERDAY 

The Past Way of Facing the Future A tribute to the early pioneers who settled Sanpete Valley

A tribute to the early pioneers who settled Sanpete Valley

Manti Temple

  October 2009, Perry, L. Tom 

Mormon Miracle Cast Members 

1. Of using the principles and truths of the past to help us face the future; and 2. We learn from their desire to share what they knew with others to help build the kingdom of God."

Manti Temple Staircases

The Manti Utah Temple  has some of the most unique spiral staircases in the world. In the two west corner towers there are freestanding spiral staircases without central supports. If you attend this temple, ask a worker to see the staircases and they will take you to see them. They have incredible craftsmanship. When they restored the temple for the centennial they found something like 2 creaks in the one staircase and none in the other, despite being heavily used by temple workers and used by patrons to access several sealing rooms in the towers. The seams between pieces of wood on the railings are also extremely difficult to find.

I said that these were some of the most unique staircases in the world. That is because there are only a few free standing spiral staircases that lack central supports in the world. I believe there are only eight in the U.S. with two being in the Supreme Court Building (those are elliptical). So the Manti Temple spiral staircases are really special.

One of the staircases goes up clockwise and the other counterclockwise. They really are an impressive sight and a great asset of the Manti Temple.

More on Temple Staircases by Scott: THE TRUMPET STONE
 Spiral Staircase

More photos of the Manti Temple:  Manti Temple
L.D.S. Temples

Salt LakeTribune ~ October 1, 1911

John Meyrick ~ Pioneer of the Month ~ May 2014

Sons of John Meyrick

Coming tomorrow:  Jamima Hutchison Meyrick

The Building of a Temple .....Courtesy of Mt. Pleasant Pyramid July 9, 1981