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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints company history timeline

1988

On November 7, 1988 a new corporation was formed called Hotel Temple Square Corporation.

1989

On January 1, 1989 Hotel Temple Square Corporation purchased the business enterprise known as The Lion House from the LDS Church and began running the catering and restaurant operations as a taxable commercial enterprise.

1990

In October 1990 the renovation of The Inn at Temple Square was completed and opened to the general public.

1991

By 1991 the LDS Church was well on the road toward becoming truly a worldwide church.

1994

Disclaimer: Information on this site was converted from a hard cover book published by University of Utah Press in 1994.

1996

The office of church president was for many years passed to lineal descendants of Joseph Smith III. With the end of the presidency of Wallace B. Smith in 1996, however, no Smith descendant was available to take the reins of leadership.

2001

The Community of Christ, which was known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints until 2001, holds less firmly to the Book of Mormon than its sister church and rejects various teachings, especially baptism on behalf of the dead and tithing.

2002

A century and a half later, the Nauvoo Temple was rebuilt using original plans and dedicated by former Church President Gordon B. Hinckley in June 2002.

The articles of incorporation of Hotel Temple Square Corporation were amended to rename the corporation to Temple Square Hospitality Corporation on December 4, 2002.

2010

In 2010, after complaints from some Jewish groups, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints changed its procedure for collecting genealogical information, in order to prevent the names of Jews who had died during the Holocaust from being proposed for baptism by proxy.

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