Denver Colorado Temple

Denver Colorado Temple
Number	40	edit data
Dedication	24 October 1986 (24 October 1986) by Ezra Taft Benson
Site	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
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Additional Information Announcement 31 March 1982 Groundbreaking 19 May 1984 by Gordon B. Hinckley Open 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 States Phone 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 / 39.568694; -104.965778 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.

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

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Media related to Denver Colorado Temple at Wikimedia Commons

• Official LDS Denver Colorado Temple page
• Denver Colorado Temple page