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Essential Temple Tee (Boise)

Essential Temple Tee (Boise)

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Peculiar People started in 2023 while I was serving a mission in San Antonio, Texas. The name comes from Peter's description of the Saints as "a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people" — members who keep their covenants without making a show of it, and are fine looking a little old-fashioned for it.

We make apparel with original line art of Latter-day Saint temples, made one temple at a time and printed on heavier, better-made garments. Most members want to talk about the gospel but don't know how to open the door. A shirt someone asks about is an easier start than a knock on one.

— Evan

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Essential Temple Tee (Boise)

Essential Temple Tee (Boise)

$44.99
$44.99
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The Tee

You put on a Peculiar People shirt because it reminds you why we're all here. Because that building is where you were sealed to your spouse, where you got an answer to a prayer you'd been carrying for years, where you first felt something you couldn't explain away. A stepping stone. A day you'll never forget.

You put it on because you want to share that with someone. Because gospel conversations are hard to start. Harder than they were on your mission, when the whole day was built around them.

It's the new white shirt and tie. The new dress. The new name tag you don't need a calling to wear. A shirt you may even feel prompted to wear some days.

That's why I started this company. It doesn't take much for someone who has been prepared to tap you on the shoulder and ask a question that changes the direction of their life. No argument, no pitch, no lesson plan. Just an opening.

And you keep it on because it's premium heavyweight ringspun cotton, garment-dyed to that soft, worn-in vintage look you'd wear even if it said nothing at all.

- Evan

Weight: 6.1 oz/yd²
Fabric: preshrunk 100% ring-spun cotton

Fit: Relaxed, true to size.

Tighter fit: size down 1 size
Regular fit: your actual size
Relaxed fit: size up 1 size
Loose fit: size up 2 sizes
Oversize fit: size up 3 sizes

Size Guide

Boise Idaho Temple

Location
Boise, Idaho. The temple stands at 1211 South Cole Road on a 4.83-acre site beside Interstate 84 at the Cole Road exit, at an elevation of 2,754 feet, where its white granite and six spires make it a landmark for freeway travelers.

Temple Number
The 27th dedicated temple of the Church, and the second built in Idaho, following the Idaho Falls Idaho Temple (1945).

Announced
, by President Gordon B. Hinckley, then a counselor in the First Presidency. Ground was broken before the year was out.

Groundbreaking
. Elder Mark E. Petersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles presided and dedicated the site; about 5,000 members gathered on the site in the December cold to watch.

Dedicated
through , by President Gordon B. Hinckley, then second counselor in the First Presidency, in 24 sessions. About 29,000 people attended.

Rededicated
Twice: , by Elder James E. Faust, after an addition; and , by President Thomas S. Monson, in three sessions, after a 15-month renovation.

Architecture
Designed by the Church architectural staff with Ron Thurber & Associates of Boise, a modern adaptation of the six-spire design. The exterior is temple white granite quarried in China, beneath a broad sloping roof and six detached spires. The temple encloses 35,868 square feet and rises 112 feet to the angel Moroni statue on the east tower.

Ordinance Rooms
Four instruction rooms, three sealing rooms, and a baptistry.

First Temple President
Seth D. Redford, 1984 to 1987.

Construction Story
  • In 1939, a group of prominent Boise businessmen offered President Heber J. Grant any available site in the city, hoping Idaho's first temple would rise in the capital. Idaho Falls was chosen instead, and President Grant told the group that a temple would come to Boise when membership there increased.
  • Organizers expected about 70,000 visitors at the public open house, held through . They got 128,716.
  • Convert baptisms in the area more than doubled in the month after the open house, and people called the mission office asking how they could be baptized.
  • The 24 dedicatory sessions were, at the time, the most held for any temple since the Salt Lake Temple in 1893.

Symbolism & Design
  • The six detached spires made Boise the first six-spire temple built since the Washington D.C. Temple in 1974, and before that the Salt Lake Temple in 1893.
  • Syringa, Idaho's state flower, appears throughout the interior in art glass and decorative painting, set against blues, greens, and earth tones. The art glass is the work of Holdman Studios, with murals by Dale Jolley.
  • Glass from the temple's original windows was crushed and worked into the new art glass installed during the 2012 renovation, so the first building's windows survive inside the current ones.

Changes Over Time
  • Heavy use forced an expansion just two and a half years after dedication. Elder James E. Faust rededicated the enlarged temple on ; the addition brought a new baptistry, additional offices, and expanded patron facilities.
  • The temple closed on for a 15-month renovation led by CTA Architects Engineers of Boise, with structural reinforcement, an expanded basement, and new grounds featuring a stone-encased reflecting pool. The original marble tile exterior was replaced with temple white granite after the adhesive behind the tile began to seep through and discolor the walls.
  • A new gold-leafed angel Moroni was set atop the east spire on , and the cornerstone, which had been inside the building since the 1987 expansion, was moved to the exterior northeast corner on .
  • Nearly 170,000 people toured the renovated temple during the fall 2012 open house. The night before the rededication, 9,200 youth performed a cultural celebration titled "Treasure the Light," with 4,000 dancers, 99 fiddlers, and a choir of more than 1,000 voices.

Trivia
  • Boise is a sister building to the Dallas Texas and Chicago Illinois temples, and its efficiency-driven design was adapted for 14 other temples built between 1984 and 1989.
  • Before the 1984 open house, Idaho Governor John Evans, Lieutenant Governor David Leroy, and Secretary of State Pete Cenarusa toured the temple in a special preview, along with 246 ministers of other faiths and their family members.
  • At its 2012 rededication, the temple served about 100,000 members in 31 stakes across western Idaho and eastern Oregon.

Temple facts verified as of .

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FAQ

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Is it appropriate to wear a temple on a shirt?

I get this one a lot, and I thought about it before I drew the first one. These are architectural drawings of a building, not anything that happens inside it. No slogans, nothing that turns the temple into a punchline. If you'd put a framed temple photo in your living room, this is that same idea on cotton.

No. We are an independent company. Peculiar People is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Our goal with our clothing is for it to be seen. Which means it also needs to be your go-to comfort clothing.

It's made to be the first thing you grab when you want to be comfortable, and the first clothing you'll be prompted to wear.

Our prints are made to last. To esure No bleach, and no fabric softener, which coats the fibers and dulls the print over time. Don't iron over the design. You can wash it before the first wear to get the loose surface dye off, but you don't have to.

It's a men's cut. If you normally wear a women's medium, order a small for a fitted look or a medium if you want it roomier. The size guide video shows a woman at 5'9" in a small and a man at 6'4" in a large.

Original line art, made here, one temple at a time. Every drawing gets checked against verified references before we add it to our collection.

Yes. Ward and stake temple trips, mission reunions, family reunions. Email support@peculiarpeopleco.com with the temple, the garment, and roughly how many people, and I'll get back to you with a price.

An SVG of the temple line art for $4.95. Same drawing that goes on the shirts. It's a vector, so it scales to any size without going soft at the edges, and it opens in Cricut, Illustrator, Figma, or anything else that reads vectors.

This file should not be shared and is not permitted for commercial use.

Have a design suggestion?

Have a design suggestion for a temple design we haven't made yet? We are working on getting them all designed! Submit a request and we will prioritize your design.

We will get back to you within two business days!