JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 The city has officially given the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the green light to build its first temple in Jacksonville.<\/p>\n
The first permit for the site on Loretto Road in Mandarin was issued in March. On September 22, a permit for the building\u2019s full $27 million construction was issued.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The temple is set to be more than 28 thousand square feet with a basement, main level, and mechanical mezzanine. Although the city is home to several Latter-day Saint chapels, the temples serve a different purpose.<\/a><\/p>\n The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints first announced the location in October 2022, along with 17 others.<\/p>\n \u201cI promise that increased time in the temple will bless your life in ways nothing else can,\u201d said President Russell M. Nelson at the time.<\/p>\n >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Construction began in August on another temple in Tampa. Jacksonville brings the total number of locations in Florida to five.<\/p>\n In December, the Church said there were nearly 173,000 Latter-day Saints in over 270 congregations in Florida. Its missionaries first arrived in Florida<\/a> in 1845, before the state\u2019s first congregation was created in 1897 in the Big Bend.<\/p>\n