The Cincinnati Ohio Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has officially entered its construction phase, following a groundbreaking ceremony held Saturday, November 7, in Mason, the Church News reported.
Elder Alan T. Phillips, a General Authority Seventy, presided over the groundbreaking and offered the dedicatory prayer on the site and the construction process, according to the Church News. Local Latter-day Saints, faith and government leaders, and community members attended the ceremony, which was livestreamed, with photos and information published November 7 on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.
The temple will be a single-story building of approximately 29,630 square feet, the Church News reported. It is being built on a 35-acre site southwest of the intersection of Mason-Montgomery Road and Cedar Village Drive in Mason, a Warren County suburb about 20 miles northeast of downtown Cincinnati…