Ahead of public tours for the newest temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, church officials hosted media at the Deseret Peak Temple

The Deseret Peak Utah Temple in Tooele will begin its open house starting Sept. 26. This will mark the 200th operating temple.

Monday marked the first day of the open house for the Deseret Peaks Utah Temple — the Church of Jesus Christ's 200th temple and the first such edifice in the Tooele Valley.

The Deseret Peak Utah Temple's free public open house begins this week. More than 100,000 are expected to walk through the new temple, the first in the Tooele Valley west of Salt Lake City.