On a visit to Cache valley in 1863 President Young told the youth “you will have the privilege of going into the towers of a glorious Temple built unto the name of the Most High (pointing in the direction of the bench), east of us upon the Logan bench; and while you stand in the towers of the Temple and your eyes survey this glorious valley filled with cities and villages, occupied by tens of thousands of Latter-day Saints, you will then call to mind this visitation of President Young and his company." 

Announcement:  6 October 1876

Site Dedication:  18 May 1877 by Orson Pratt

Groundbreaking:  18 May 1877 by John W. Young

Dedication:  17–19 May 1884 by John Taylor

Public Open House:  5 February–3 March 1979

Rededication:  13–15 March 1979 by Spencer W. Kimball

Ordinance Rooms:  Four instruction rooms with separate veil room, eleven sealing rooms, and one baptistry

Total Floor Area:  Originally  59,000 sqft now: 119,619 square feet  |  11,113 square meters

Height:  170 feet  |  51.8 meters