Salt Lake Temple will shut its doors by the end of the year and remain closed for the next four years as major renovations are underway, church officials said.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has removed historic murals from its iconic Salt Lake Temple as it undergoes renovation. Same will happen at the Manti Temple.

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The 5.7-magnitude earthquake that shook Utah Wednesday morning also dislodged a symbolic part of Salt Lake City’s iconic Mormon temple: the trumpet of an angel statue atop its highest spire.

“The renovated temple will feel more consistent and more like the original Salt Lake Temple from beginning to end,” said Bill Williams, the church’s director of architecture.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has removed historic wall murals from its iconic Salt Lake Temple and will discontinued the "live" endowment. The same is planned at the pioneer-era ...