jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv nˈuː mˈɛksɪkˌoʊ hɪstˈoːɹiən, fˈɛɹɛŋk mˈɔːɹtən ʃˈæsz, plˈeɪsᵻz ðə tˈɛmpəl ɪn ɐ ɡɹˈuːp ʌv pˈoʊstwˈɜːld wˈɔːɹ ɹˌoʊmən tˈuː tˈɛmpəlz bˈɪlt ɪn wˈɛstɚn ɐmˈɛɹɪkən stˈeɪts, kˈɔːlɪŋ ðə ɡɹˈuːp ʌv mˈɔːɹmən tˈɛmpəlz "ðə mˈoʊst ɪmpɹˈɛsɪv ɹᵻlˈɪdʒəs stɹˈʌktʃɚz ʌvðɪ ɛntˈaɪɚ wˈɛstɚn pˈoʊstwɔːɹ bˈɪldɪŋ bˈuːm.
University of New Mexico historian, Ferenc Morton Szasz, places the temple in a group of Post-World War II temples built in western American States, calling the group of Mormon temples "the most impressive religious structures of the entire western postwar building boom.