
Red brick store Photograph, attributed to B. H. Roberts, circa 1886. (Church History Library, Salt Lake City.)
- Town/City
- Nauvoo
- County
- Hancock County
- State/Province
- Illinois
- Country
- United States of America
- Alternate Names
- Store, Nauvoo, Illinois
Store (JS’s store), Nauvoo, Illinois
Summary
Located in lower portion of Nauvoo (the flats) along bank of Mississippi River. Completed 1841. Opened for business, 5 Jan. 1842. Owned by JS, but managed mostly by others, after 1842. First floor housed JS’s general store and counting room, where tithing was received and recorded. On second floor, one of two small rooms served as JS’s private office, where he dictated revelations and translated portions of Book of Abraham. Large upper room, also on second floor, used as assembly room, which served as meeting place for Masonic lodge, priesthood quorums, Nauvoo temple and Nauvoo House committees, Nauvoo Legion, and Relief Society. Relief Society organized in upper room, 17 Mar. 1842. JS introduced endowment to nine individuals in upper room, 4–5 May 1842. Nauvoo municipal court and mayor’s court met in upper room, sometimes referred to as courtroom. Some theatrical presentations, debates, lectures, and University of Nauvoo classes also held in upper room. Council of Fifty organized in upper room, 10 Mar. 1844. State political convention that nominated JS as candidate for U.S. president held in store, 17 May 1844. See also “” and “.”
Links
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 [2 November 1838–31 July 1842]
- Times and Seasons, 1 March 1842
- Account of Hearings, circa 20 December 1843
- Appendix 3: Orson Hyde, Statement about Quorum of the Twelve, circa Late March 1845
- Appendix 5, Document 3. Draft Notes, December 1842
- Appendix 5: Willard Richards, Draft Notes of Joseph Smith’s Activities, 1842, 1844, Introduction
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
- History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
- History Draft [1 January–31 December 1841]
- History Draft [1 July–31 December 1842]
- History, 1838–1856, volume C-1 Addenda
- History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 1, 21 December 1842–10 March 1843
- Journal, December 1841–December 1842
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 2, 10 March 1843–14 July 1843
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Lease to Willard Richards, 4 January 1842
- Letter from Alonzo LeBaron, circa 29 June 1842
- Letter from George Fidler, 23 March 1842
- Letter from Willard Richards, 9 August 1842
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 5 January 1842
- Letter to Edward Hunter, 9 and 11 March 1842
- Letter to James Arlington Bennet, 8 September 1842
- Letter to Newel K., Elizabeth Ann Smith, and Sarah Ann Whitney, 18 August 1842
- Letterbook 2
- Minute Entry, Motion, 5 March 1844
- Minutes, 10 March 1844
- Motion from Brigham Young, 5 March 1844
- Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 3 February 1841–8 February 1845
- Notice, 15 December 1841
- Ordinance, 5 March 1842
- Promissory Note to William Marks, 4 April 1842
- Revelation, 12 July 1843 [D&C 132]