Item Detail
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17387
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4
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14
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English
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Nauvoo's Temple Square
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BYU Studies
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2002
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41
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no.4
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4-45
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The history of the Nauvoo Temple and of the surrounding lot are reviewed. After the Saints left Nauvoo and the temple was destroyed, the lot went through several owners and uses, until the 1930s and 1940s, when the Church began to acquire portions of the temple lot through the help of Wilford Wood. Finally, in 1962, the Church owned the entire temple block. In the the same year, the Nauvoo Restoration Inc. (NRI) was founded at the instigation of Dr. Leroy Kimball. NRI supervised the excavation of the original temple site and later an extensive landscaping of the grounds. In the 1970s, David A. Baird was commissioned to build a model of the temple, which was then placed on display. The remodeled temple lot was dedicated in August 1977. In 1994, an original temple sunstone was returned to the grounds for display. Finally, in 1999, President Gordon B. Hinckley announced that the Nauvoo Temple would be reconstructed.
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'A Perfect Estopel' : Selling the Nauvoo Temple
Competing for the City of Joseph : Interpretive Conflicts in Nauvoo's Restoration
Preserving a Common History : Property Transactions in Nauvoo between the Latter-day Saint and Reorganized Latter-day Saints (Community of Christ) Churches
The Mormons are Coming : The LDS Church's Twentieth Century Return to Nauvoo -
A Historical Study of the Mormon Temple at Nauvoo, Illinois
Destruction of the Mormon Temple at Nauvoo
In Old Nauvoo : Everyday Life in the City of Joseph
Nauvoo : A Place of Peace, a People of Promise
Nauvoo, 'Beautiful Place'
Nauvoo : Gateway to the West
Nauvoo : Kingdom on the Mississippi
Nauvoo Panorama : Views of Nauvoo before, during, and after its Rise, Fall, and Restoration
Nauvoo Temple : A Story of Faith
Nauvoo : The City of Joseph
Old Mormon Nauvoo, 1839-1846 : Historic Photographs and Guide
Rediscovery of the Nauvoo Temple : Report on the Archaeological Excavations
The Nauvoo Temple
The Rise and Fall of Nauvoo