Utilization of the Red Brick Store’s upper room would fluctuate depending on the series of events that transpired in Nauvoo over the next 30 years. Obviously, as thousands left their homes to travel to Utah in 1846, the store was not required to the same extent for church purposes.
Category: Illinois
Browning Home & Gun Shop – Nauvoo, IL
Browning’s Home and Gun shop was authentically restored in the 1960’s in Nauvoo. It was one of the first buildings in Nauvoo to be restored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in this area. Today if you visit for a tour you will be taught a bit of history
The Mansion House & Smith Homestead – Nauvoo, IL
Joseph Smith and his family moved to Nauvoo in 1839 and used their home as Church Headquarters. This log home was also called ‘the homestead’
Nauvoo Printing Office – Nauvoo, IL
Nauvoo Printing Office History In the 19th century the Nauvoo Printing Office produced two papers, one for the community and the other for the official paper of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints called the “Times and Seasons”. Prior to settling in Nauvoo, Illinois Members of the Church of Jesus Christ had a…
Nauvoo
People are still attracted to this wide bend on the Mississippi river for numerous reasons as outlined below. Nauvoo can be a place of great refuge and inspiration or a crowded tourist trap. It is what you make of it. This article of tips and insight, gleamed over decades of travel, to the City of Joseph,
Carthage Jail – Carthage, Illinois
Carthage Jail was established as the Hancock County jail in 1839 for people convicted of minor offences including petty thievery and debtors. The jail keepers family actually lived on site which is why the building contained a kitchen, dining room, and then on the second floor a single bedroom. At the time Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, John Taylor and Willard Richards were incarcerated in the jail in June 1844
Nauvoo Temple
Nauvoo Temple History The Nauvoo Temple was the second temple built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Its cornerstones, laid on April 6, 1841, would await the temple’s completion for many years. In fact, from accounts it would seem that the first construction of this temple was never totally completed. Although In…