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    Anchorage Alaska Temple

    Anchorage Alaska Temple

    13161 Brayton Drive
    Anchorage, Alaska

    Plans to construct the temple were announced 4 October 1997, Church leaders broke ground 17 April 1998, and Gordon B. Hinckley, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1995 to 2008, dedicated the Anchorage Alaska Temple 9 January 1999. After remodeling the temple to enlarge it, President Hinckley rededicated the temple 8 February 2004. The temple serves Latter-day Saints in Alaska and Yukon.

       
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      The exterior of the 11,937-square-foot temple is granite.

      Currently, there are over 50 temples in various stages of construction, renovation or have been announced throughout the world.

      Visit https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/temples for additional information.

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