--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 30 number: 12 published: 1927-10 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: "*Improvement Era* 30, no. 12 (October 1927). Salt Lake City: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations, October 1927." source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera30012unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera30012unse curator_note: Internet Archive issue scan; advertising and unpaginated plates omitted. rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1927-10) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera30012unse publication_year: 1927 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1927, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Improvement Era, October 1927 Improvement Era Vol. XXX OCTOBER, 1927 No. 12 THE ARIZONA TEMPLE By J. W. Lesueur The Arizona temple is finished and furnished and ready for dedication, and stands a work of art, a monument of simple grandeur. It is the ninth temple erected by the Latter-day Saints during their history. Formerly Dedicated Temples 1. The Kirtland temple was erected at Kirtland, Ohio, the corner stones of which were laid in July, 1833. The building was finished and dedicated in March, 183 6. It is now in use by the Reorganized church. 2. The second temple was built in Nauvoo, 111., begun in 1841, and completed in 1846. It was partly destroyed by fire in 1848, and the ruined walls were leveled by a tornado in 1850. 3. Next was the St. George temple, begun in November, 1871, and dedicated in April, 18 77. 4. The foundation of the Logan temple was begun in 1877, and the building was dedicated to sacred service in May, 1884. 5. The Manti temple was begun in April, 1877; the corner stones were laid two years later, and the building dedicated May 21, 1888. 6. The corners stones of the Salt Lake temple were laid April 6, 1853, and the temple was dedicated April 6, 1893. 7. The Hawaiian temple was begun early in 1916, and dedi- cated November 27, 1919, by President Heber J. Grant. 8. The Canadian temple, at Cardston, the corner stone of which was laid by Elder David O. McKay, of the Council of the Twelve, September 19, 1915, was completed in 1920, and dedicated August 26, 1923, by President Heber J. Grant. Entered at the Post Office, Salt Lake City, Utah, as second class matter. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 110 3, Act of October 3, 19 17 : authorized on July 2, 19 18, $2 per annum. Address Room 4 0 6, Church Office Building, Salt Lake City, Utah.