- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Atlanta Georgia Temple
- Date of Original:
- 2009
- Subject:
- Temples--Georgia--Sandy Springs
Buildings--Georgia--Sandy Springs
Flags--United States
Church architecture--Georgia--Sandy Springs
Mormon church buildings--Georgia--Sandy Springs
Mormon Church--Georgia--Sandy Springs
Spires
Clouds--Georgia--Sandy Springs
Trees--Georgia--Sandy Springs
Shrubs--Georgia--Sandy Springs
Sandy Springs (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Architecture, Modern - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Sandy Springs, 33.92427, -84.37854
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The Atlanta Georgia Temple, pictured circa 2009 and located in Sandy Springs, was the first Mormon temple erected in the South. Georgia governor George Busbee spoke at the building's groundbreaking in 1981, and the facility was dedicated two years later.
Photograph of the exterior of the Atlanta Georgia Temple, pictured circa 2009 and located in Sandy Springs, Georgia. The modern-style structure features a thin white spire rising over the center of the angular single-story temple. An American flag flies at the left side of the photograph.
This was the first Mormon temple erected in the South. Georgia governor George Busbee spoke at the building's groundbreaking in 1981, and the facility was dedicated two years later. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints/m-10964/
- Rights Holder:
- Photograph by Ray Luce
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/church-jesus-christ-latter-day-saints
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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