In April 1981, LDS Church leaders announced the building of a temple in
Parktown,
Johannesburg, South Africa. Groundbreaking took place on 27 November 1982. Once the site of estates built by nineteenth-century mining
magnates and financiers, the area around the temple now features hospitals, office buildings, and schools, many of which are housed in mansions from the
Victorian era.[1]
The temple is visible from many parts of the city with its six spires reaching into the sky. The edges of the building are finished with tiered layers of face brick.[2] A gray
slate roof and indigenous
quartzite for the temple's perimeter walls and entrance archways are designed to fit in with the historic buildings nearby.[1]
In April 1981, LDS Church leaders announced the building of a temple in
Parktown,
Johannesburg, South Africa. Groundbreaking took place on 27 November 1982. Once the site of estates built by nineteenth-century mining
magnates and financiers, the area around the temple now features hospitals, office buildings, and schools, many of which are housed in mansions from the
Victorian era.[1]
The temple is visible from many parts of the city with its six spires reaching into the sky. The edges of the building are finished with tiered layers of face brick.[2] A gray
slate roof and indigenous
quartzite for the temple's perimeter walls and entrance archways are designed to fit in with the historic buildings nearby.[1]