Temple information and schedules for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Nauvoo Temple was the second temple constructed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. [2] [3] The church's first temple was completed in Kirtland, Ohio, United States, in 1836. In the winter of 1846, when the main body of the church was forced out of Nauvoo, the church attempted to sell the building, finally succeeding in 1848.

The Nauvoo Illinois Temple is a reconstruction of the original Nauvoo Temple built in the 1840s and destroyed by fire in 1848. The Nauvoo Illinois Temple is the second of the currently operating temples built in Illinois, following the Chicago Illinois Temple (1985).

Construction proceeded slowly for more than five years, and by the time most Saints left Illinois in 1846, they had erected a magnificent temple, largely through consecrated labor and means. A 19th-century daguerreotype of the original Nauvoo Temple.

The Nauvoo Temple was a staple in the community just as the reconstructed Nauvoo Illinois Temple is today. April 6, 1841, the eleventh anniversary of the organization of the Church, was a day of excitement, celebration, and thanksgiving in Nauvoo and the surrounding area.

The Nauvoo Illinois Temple is the 113th dedicated temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The intent to build the temple was announced on April 4, 1999, by church president Gordon B. Hinckley during general conference. [2]

The Nauvoo Temple was the first temple to have an angel atop its tower. It is the only temple to have a horizontal (or flying) angel. The Nauvoo Temple is one of two latter-day temples to have been destroyed and rebuilt.

The story of the Nauvoo Temple is one of faith, sacrifice, loss, and redemption. In 1839, Church members had begun gathering in Illinois after persecution forced them from their homes in Missouri and Ohio.