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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.
Historic Kirtland Village is a historic district in Kirtland, Ohio, U.S., owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The district is made up of buildings and sites important to the early Latter Day Saint movement. Some of the buildings are original and have been restored to their 1830s appearances, while ...
Kirtland Visitors Center for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints [12] John Johnson Farm near Hiram, Ohio [12] Morley Farm in Kirtland, Ohio [12] Newel K. and Elizabeth Ann Whitney Home [12] N. K. Whitney & Co. Store [12] Orange Township [12] Sawmill and Ashery in Kirtland [12] Stannard Quarry near Kirtland, Ohio [12] Thompson ...
Family History Centers: 42 [2] ... Illinois Chicago North Mission (1980–1983) ... ComeUntoChrist.org Latter-day Saints Visitor site;
The LDS Church's first replica of Thorvaldsen's Christus was a gift to the church by Stephen L Richards and placed in the North Visitors' Center. [ 23 ] [ 13 ] [ 24 ] Richards first saw the statue in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California and later saw the original in Copenhagen, Denmark in September 1950.
The Kirtland Temple is the first temple built by adherents of the Latter Day Saint movement, located in Kirtland, Ohio, and dedicated in March 1836. Joseph Smith, the movement's founder, directed the construction following a series of reported revelations, and the temple showcases a blend of Federal, Greek Revival, and Gothic Revival architectural styles. [2]
[3] [4] Temples have been built since 1836, when the Kirtland Temple was built under the direction of Church President Joseph Smith, who claimed to have received a revelation stating that church members restore the practice of temple worship. [5] Latter-day Saints view temples as the fulfillment of a prophecy found in Malachi 3:1 (KJV).
Kirtland is a city in Lake County, Ohio, United States.The population was 6,937 at the 2020 census.Kirtland is known for being the early headquarters of the Latter Day Saint movement from 1831 to 1837 and the site of the movement's first temple, the Kirtland Temple, completed in 1836.