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    Columbia South Carolina Temple

    Columbia South Carolina Temple

    2905 Trotter Road
    Hopkins, South Carolina

    Plans to construct the temple were announced 11 September 1998, Church leaders broke ground 5 December 1998, and Gordon B. Hinckley, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1995 to 2008, dedicated the Columbia South Carolina Temple 16 October 1999. The temple serves Latter-day Saints in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee.

       
    Temple Square is always beautiful in the springtime. Gardeners work to prepare the ground for General Conference. © 2012 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. 1 / 2
         
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      The exterior of the 10,700-square-foot temple is Imperial Danby Vermont marble.

      Currently, there are more than 20 temples in various stages of construction or have been announced throughout the world.

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