Laie Hawaii Temple
[photo by Loye Guthrie]
This unused postcard features a color photograph of the Laie Hawaii Temple by Loye Guthrie. It is a Mirro-Krome Card by H.S. Crocker Co., Inc. of San Bruno, California and published by Hawaiian Service, Inc. of Honolulu, Hawaii. There is a blurb at the lower left corner on the reverse: “The beautiful Hawaii Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is at Laie on the windward side of the island of Oahu near the Polynesian Cultural Center and the Hawaii campus of Brigham Young University. Construction of the temple was undertaken in 1916 and completed three years later. The temple is one of the earliest examples of architectural concrete in America.”
The temple is located about 35 miles or 56 km from Honolulu and sits on a small hill ½ miles from the Pacific Ocean in the town of Laie. As the blurb mentioned it is near the Polynesian Cultural Center and the Hawaii campus of Brigham Young University. The Visitor center attracts more than 100,000 visitors annually. Groundbreaking for the temple occurred in 1915 with the temple completed by 1919 and dedicated by Heber J. Grant. Since then the temple was expanded in 1978 and rededicated by Spencer W. Kimball, and then after seismic upgrades and remodeling it was rededicated again in 2010. This temple is the oldest temple to operate outside of Utah and is the 5th oldest temple still in operation.
Laie Hawaiian Temple, 2008
George Q. Cannon, BoPa (aka FarFar)’s great-grandfather, was among the first 10 missionaries to arrive in Hawaii in 1850. There is a statue with a commemorative plaque of him and Jonathan Napela on the grounds of the cultural center. When were there in 2008 we visited the cultural center and took a picture.
George Q. Cannon and Jonathan Napela
Commemorative plaque
For additional information, see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laie_Hawaii_Temple
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