Columbia South Carolina Temple
| Columbia South Carolina Temple | ||||
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| Number | 62 | |||
| Dedication | October 16, 1999, by Gordon B. Hinckley | |||
| Site | 3.6 acres (1.5 ha) | |||
| Floor area | 10,700 sq ft (990 m2) | |||
| Height | 71 ft (22 m) | |||
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| Announced | September 11, 1998, by Gordon B. Hinckley | |||
| Groundbreaking | December 5, 1998, by Gordon T. Watts | |||
| Open house | September 30 – October 9, 1999 | |||
| Current president | Stephen C. Lenker (2014) | |||
| Designed by | Mike Watson | |||
| Location | Hopkins, South Carolina, United States | |||
| Geographic coordinates | 33°57′34.69679″N 80°53′38.33159″W / 33.9596379972°N 80.8939809972°W | |||
| Exterior finish | Imperial Danby White variegated marble quarried from Vermont | |||
| Temple design | Classic modern, single-spire design | |||
| Baptistries | 1 | |||
| Ordinance rooms | 2 (Movie, two-stage progressive) | |||
| Sealing rooms | 2 | |||
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The Columbia South Carolina Temple is the 62nd operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the first constructed in South Carolina. Located in Hopkins, a suburb southeast of Columbia, the temple serves approximately 40,000 members across South Carolina and parts of Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. After being announced on September 11, 1998, by the church's First Presidency, its groundbreaking occurred on December 5, 1998, with Gordon T. Watts of the Seventy presiding. After construction was completed, nearly 20,000 people toured the temple during a public open house held from September 30 to October 9, 1999. Church president Gordon B. Hinckley dedicated the temple on October 16, 1999, in six sessions.
The temple's exterior has Imperial Danby white marble quarried from Vermont, and its grounds are landscaped with native flora, including loblolly pine, oak, crape myrtle, holly, mums, and dogwood trees. The 10,700-square-foot building includes two instruction rooms, two sealing rooms, and a baptistry. It also has a single spire with a gold-plated angel statue of the angel Moroni on its top.
In 2020, like all the church's others, the temple was closed temporarily in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.