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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints holds a number of sites as historically significant. This list is intended as a quick reference for these sites. The sites may or may not be owned by the church.
Carving at the LDS Temple Quarry. There are many non-contributing, modern structures in the district. The district was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961. [2] It is significant as the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints from 1839 and 1846, and as an important early example of community planning by the Latter Day Saint movement.
He also organized a group of church members from the Chicago Illinois Stake, co-led by Ariel S. Williams, to clear and beautify the recently purchased land. At the time, the Chicago Stake was one of only two east of the Mississippi River. [6] Wood purchased land in 1951 that included a house which was made a visitors' center for the temple site ...
Just beyond the cemetery to the north is the restored Joseph and Emma Smith home, while the remaining sites of Historic Kirtland Village are a short distance further north. [62] With the LDS Church's acquisition of the temple on March 5, 2024, it will remain a historic building and the church reopened it to the public March 25, 2024 for public ...
Kirtland Historic North Cemetery [13] Kirtland Temple and Visitors’ Center [13] Kirtland Visitors Center for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints [13] John Johnson Farm near Hiram, Ohio [13] Morley Farm in Kirtland, Ohio [13] Newel K. and Elizabeth Ann Whitney Home [13] N. K. Whitney & Co. Store [13] Orange Township [13] Sawmill ...
A Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints congregation was established in Nauvoo in 1956, from its inception consisting largely of elderly LDS couples serving as missionaries and historical guides. [10] The City of Joseph pageant, an outdoor musical produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, began to run each summer in 1976.
Chicago’s first national monument marks the site where Pullman passenger railroad cars were built; Employees lived nearby in the neighborhood on the city’s South Side Side. The sprawling ...
The center spire is the tallest and it is the only temple with five spires. The Bern Switzerland Temple, the first in Europe, was the first temple have been built with a non-center single-spire design. This was meant to be reminiscent of older temples like Kirtland and Nauvoo, but with a more contemporary design.