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After being closed for three years for remodeling, the venerable Logan Temple was rededicated March 13, 1979. The temple, said President Spencer W. Kimball, is "a fitting symbol to God the Eternal Father and His Son, Jesus Christ."
The Logan Temple was announced by President Brigham Young in 1876 and dedicated in 1884 by President John Taylor.
"Now, nearly 95 years later this temple stands, in all its majesty, as a monument to the faith and devotion to our pioneer fathers," said President Kimball in the March 17, 1979, Church News. He said more than 26 million ordinances had been performed in the temple, nearly a fifth of the total work done by the Church up to that point.
The temple was completely refinished on the inside and given a new electrical system, fire sprinkling system, new heating and air conditioning systems, and new carpeting, drapes and furnishings. A one-level annex was added and the exterior cleaned and repaired.
"The masonry of the temple was of such excellence that when new construction was authorized prior to the 1976 remodeling, a total of 60 sticks of dynamite could not dislodge a small part of the masonry. Two men using jack hammers worked 10 hours a day for an entire week to cut a doorway through one of the outside walls 16 feet thick," the article stated.
