Independence, Missouri, United States Temple
Announcement: 20 July 1831
Site Dedication: 3 August 1831 by Joseph Smith, Jr.
Not yet built, and no current plans for building.

The Independence Temple, or Temple Lot was the first temple commanded to be built in this dispensation; however it has yet to be built. The plan to build a temple on this location was first give in a revelation to the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr. naming the locations as “the place for the City of Zion.”
Today the LDS Church owns a good portion of the property, but part of the property is owned by various churches, including this “temple” owned by the Community of Christ:

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