Laie Hawaii
This is another unique design and one of four Temples that don't have a statue of the Angel Moroni from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It was the first Temple to be constructed in Polynesia.
The Temple has been renovated three times over the last century and rededicated. Before construction of the Laie Hawaii Temple could begin, the existing 30-by-90-foot chapel had to be relocated over a period of days using jacks, tackle, ropes, horses, steel pipe, and timbers to pull and push the nine-ton building down the hill. The building was later lost to fire on July 11, 1940, during a renovation project.
President Joseph F. Smith dedicated the land on which the Temple stands on June 1, 1915 while on a business trip to Hawaii, he was moved upon by the spirit to dedicate the land. The construction of the Temple was only announced on October 3, 1915.
An interesting incident happened during the construction when they ran out of timber, but for more information please visit the link lds.org
The exterior of the Temple is concrete made of native crushed lava rock and coral, reinforced with steel. It is dressed by pneumatic stone cutting tools to produce a white cream finish.
