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Places

Name of Notable Genus AsNotedIn No Address Proximity Area
Name Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity Area
Nauvoo Illinois Temple
  • Sight
50 N Wells St Mulholland St
William J Reimbold House
  • Sight
  • NRHP
950 White St

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1839/05/00 Joseph Smith Vocation Mormons buy land in the town of Commerce, in an area of western Illinois that has shown some sympathy for the trials of the church. To Smith, the area around Independence, MO, is still the Zion, to which the church will return as soon as possible. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Exodus to Utah
1840/00/00 Brigham Young Vocation The name of Commerce is officially changed to Nauvoo, a word meaning beautiful site or habitation.
1841/01/00 Joseph Smith Vocation Smith receives a revelation with instructions to construct a house in Nauvoo which would be "a resting-place for the weary traveler".
1846/02/10 Joseph E Johnson Accused Joseph Johnson is taken as a prisoner when the mob enters Nauvoo.
1846/02/10 Brigham Young Vocation Following the death of Smith at the hands of an angry mob and their homes under attack, Young abandones Nauvoo and begins leading 1,600 Latter-day-Saints west across the frozen Mississippi in subzero temperatures to a temporary refuge at Sugar Grove, Iowa Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Exodus to Utah

Data »

Particulars for Nauvoo:
Area of Significance Exploration-settlement
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Owner Private
Area of Significance Religion
Historic Use Religious Property
Historic Use Single dwelling
Owner State
Locale Type Village



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 66000321
Resource Type:
Owner: Private, State, Local
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: No style listed
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark, National Landmark boundary approved
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Exploration-settlement, Religion
Applicable Criteria: Event, Person
Criteria Consideration: Religious property
Period of Significance: 1825-1849
Significant Year: 1839, 1846
Associated People: Smith,Joseph
Historic Function: Domestic, Religion
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Religious structure
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Museum Single dwelling Park

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