The Portland Oregon Temple is a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) located on 7 acres (28,000 m2) near the intersection of Highway 217 and I-5 in Lake Oswego, Oregon. The temple's architecture features six white spires and a white marble exterior accented with green marble trim and topped with a green slate roof. It is 80,500 square feet (7,480 m2) in area, with four ordinance rooms and fourteen sealing rooms.
The temple, the 42nd operating LDS temple, serves members of stakes in the Portland metropolitan area: Portland, Beaverton, Cedar Mill, Gresham, Hillsboro, Lake Oswego, Milwaukie, Oregon City, and Tualatin. It also serves stakes located in other parts of Oregon: Bend, Corvallis, Eugene, Keizer, Lebanon, McMinnville, Monmouth, Mount Hood, Rainer, Redmond, Salem, Springfield, and The Dalles. It also serves stakes located in two cities in Washington: Longview and Vancouver.
in 2012 they built the visitors center which is open to the public from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm Monday thru Saturday
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