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# Silver Surfer: Mormon church buys Crocker Building for new temple
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/040108-story/
- Published: 2008-04-01T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T23:48:29.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

CITY OF ANGEL Silver Surfer/ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently purchased the Crocker Building and placed the angel Moroni on top. The church has plans to turn the building into a new temple.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 1, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/040108.pdf?ref=smdp.com)