- Denver Colorado Temple
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Denver Colorado Temple Number 40 Dedication 24 October 1986 by
Ezra Taft BensonSite 7.56 acres (3.1 hectares) Floor area 27,006 sq ft (2,509 m2) Height 90 ft (27 m) Preceded by Buenos Aires Argentina Temple Followed by Frankfurt Germany Temple Official website • News & Images Additional Information Announcement 31 March 1982 Groundbreaking 19 May 1984 by
Gordon B. HinckleyOpen House 8 September – 27 September 1986 Current President Dennis K. Brown (2006) Designed by Church A&E Services and Bobby R. Thomas Location 2001 East Phillips Circle
Centennial, Colorado
United StatesPhone number 303-730-0220 Exterior finish Precast stone walls and a built-up roof Temple design Modern, single-spire design Ordinance rooms 4 with Movie, stationary sessions Sealing rooms 6 Clothing rental Yes Cafeteria Full services Visitors' center Yes Coordinates: 39°34′7.3″N 104°57′56.8″W / 39.568694°N 104.965778°W The Denver Colorado Temple is the 40th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The LDS Church announced its plans to build a temple in Colorado on March 31, 1982. Almost two years later, Gordon B. Hinckley presided over the site dedication and groundbreaking. Hand-carved woodwork adorns the temple interior, along with hand-painted designs on the walls and ceilings. The temple also features more than six hundred square feet of specially designed stained glass windows. The temple is situated on a hilltop in Centennial that was once part of a golf course and country club.
Many Latter-day Saints contributed what they could to the building and beautifying of the Denver Colorado Temple. Some made tatted cloths, children earned money and donated it for the building of three 'bride benches,' young men and women made and assembled a dollhouse to be used in the youth center, and more than six hundred volunteers cleaned the temple before the open house held 8–27 September 1986 .
President Ezra Taft Benson, then President of the Church, dedicated the temple on October 24, 1986. The Denver Colorado Temple has a total of 29,117 square feet (2,705 m2), four ordinance rooms, and six sealing rooms.
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Community reaction
Prior to the construction of the temple, residents were worried that a temple in their area would be too big and overshadow everything else. The Church then let the residents of the neighborhood surrounding the temple grounds pick the final design of the temple. Out of respect to the community, the Church turned off the lights surrounding the temple at night so the area would not be so bright. The same residents that voted for the temple design asked the Church to leave the lights on permanently at night as they thought the building was beautiful.[citation needed]
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See also
- Temple (Latter Day Saints)
- List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region
- Comparison of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Temple architecture (Latter-day Saints)
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Colorado
External links
Media related to Denver Colorado Temple at Wikimedia Commons
Latter-day Saint temples in the Southwestern United States See also : Temples in other geographic regions Arizona Gilbert Arizona Temple (under construction) · Mesa Arizona Temple · Phoenix Arizona Temple (announced) · Snowflake Arizona Temple · The Gila Valley Arizona Temple
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