Columbia River Washington Temple
Some parts of the temple foundation includes 2-inch river rock used as fill in concrete forms.West, a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy, who himself served as a missionary in the area many years before, presided at the groundbreaking ceremony.LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley dedicated the Columbia River Washington Temple on November 18, 2001.Allan D. Alder and his wife, Roma, of Hermiston, Oregon were the first temple president and matron (2001–2004).This temple marked a return to the use of murals to decorate one or more of the ordinance rooms used in the endowment ceremony.