Construction is underway on the controversial Fairview Texas Temple, but debate over the height of its steeple is far from over.
Behind a construction fence on Stacy Road in Fairview, crews are already working on the future temple site. Renderings of the planned building are hanging from the fence, towering over a smaller existing Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building next door.
The project sparked months of emotional town hall meetings in 2024 and 2025, with much of the debate centered on the height of the temple’s steeple…