Tacoma Washington Temple
In his closing remarks at the 192nd Semiannual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Russell M. Nelson announced plans to construct a temple in Tacoma, Washington.
The Tacoma Washington Temple will be the fifth temple announced in the state of Washington, which is situated in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Missionaries first arrived in Washington in 1854. Today, the state is home to more than 280,000 Latter-day Saints in over 480 wards and branches.
Other temples in the state under construction or in operation are the Columbia River Washington Temple (2001), Moses Lake Washington Temple (2023), Seattle Washington Temple (1980), Spokane Washington Temple (1999), and Vancouver Washington Temple (announced).[1]
- Alex McCain from Bothell, Washington, was in the Conference Center when the announcement was made about a new temple in Tacoma. He said he is excited for people who live south of Seattle to able to avoid a lot of the traffic congestion to get to the Seattle Washington Temple right now.
- “It makes going to the temple a whole lot easier,” he said. “More temples, more blessings.”[2]
Location
The Tacoma Washington Temple will be built on a 11.6-acre site located at approximately 1405 South 364th Way, Federal Way, Washington. Plans call for a multistory temple of approximately 45,000 square feet, with an accompanying utility building. This will be the city’s first temple.
