Birmingham Alabama Temple

Birmingham Alabama Temple
Birmingham Alabama Temple
Number	98
Dedication	September 3, 2000, by Gordon B. Hinckley
Site	5.6 acres (2.3 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	October 9, 1999, by Stephen A. West
Open house	August 19–26, 2000
Current president	Brian M. Williams
Designed by	Robert Waldrip and Church A&E Services
Location	Gardendale, Alabama, United States
Geographic coordinates	33°40′27.93359″N 86°49′16.84920″W
Exterior finish	Imperial Danby White Marble quarried in Vermont
Temple design	Classic modern, single-spire design
Baptistries	1
Ordinance rooms	2 (two-stage progressive)
Sealing rooms	2
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The Birmingham Alabama Temple is the 98th operating temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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In 1998, when the LDS Church announced the intent to build a temple in Alabama two sites were originally considered. The first site revealed that the earth was too unstable for construction of the necessary size. Obstacles also prevented the project from being built on the second site. Finally in April 1999, the LDS Church selected a third site and decided that the temple would be built in the suburb of Gardendale where the church already owned property to build a meetinghouse. The excess land proved an adequate size for one of the LDS Church's new smaller temples. From the groundbreaking to the dedication of the temple took only eleven months.

Gordon B. Hinckley dedicated the Birmingham Alabama Temple on September 3, 2000. The Birmingham Alabama Temple has a total of 10,700 square feet (990 m²), two ordinance rooms, and two sealing rooms.

In 2020, the Birmingham Alabama Temple was closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic.^[2]