Tag: Historic Kirtland Visitor’s Center

  • Kirtland Temple – Kirtland, Ohio

    Kirtland Temple – Kirtland, Ohio

    In the first few years of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, founder, Joseph Smith received instructions how to build a temple. That temple was to be built in Kirtland, Ohio. Built from sandstone. It also took years of labor but the temple was completed on March 27, 1836.

  • Newel K Whitney Store – Kirtland Ohio

    Newel K Whitney Store – Kirtland Ohio

    The N.K. Whitney & Co. became a temporary home for Joseph Smith and his family after they moved to Kirtland in the fall of 1832