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    Chicago Illinois Temple

    Chicago Illinois Temple

    4151 West Lake Avenue
    Glenview, Illinois

    Plans to construct the temple were announced 1 April 1981, Church leaders broke ground 13 August 1983, and Gordon B. Hinckley, then a counselor in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dedicated the Chicago Illinois Temple 9 August 1985. The temple serves Latter-day Saints in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan.

       
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      The exterior of the 37,062-square-foot temple is gray buff marble and a gray slate roof.

      Currently, there are more than 20 temples in various stages of construction or have been announced throughout the world.

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