Mormon Historic Sites

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints owns and maintains a number of historic sites that are fun and educational to visit. Many are described in articles on this wiki.

Aerial view of the Conference Center

• Adam-ondi-Ahman — located in Daviess County, 70 miles northeast of Independence, Missouri. This is where Adam and Eve first dwelt when they left the Garden of Eden. Three years before his death, Adam called his posterity together, blessed them, and the Lord appeared unto them. It is also "the place where Adam shall come to visit his people, or the Ancient of Days shall sit, as spoken of by Daniel the prophet.”[1]
• Historic Nauvoo — the "city beautiful" built by the Latter-day Saints after they were driven from Missouri and before they migrated to Utah. [2]
• Whitmer Farm: Church Organization Site — Where the Church of Jesus Christ was first organized.
• Palmyra, New York and the Joseph Smith Family Farm, where Joseph Smith lived when he received his First Vision. It is part of the Sacred Grove site.
• Sacred Grove — where Joseph Smith prayed to know which church he should join.[3]
• Temple Square — (currently under renovation) home of the Salt Lake Temple, Church History Museum, Church History Library, Salt Lake Tabernacle, Assembly Hall, Lion House, Beehive house, the Family History Library, the Joseph Smith Memorial Building, the Church Office Building, the Church Administration Building, the Relief Society Building, the Conference Center, and gardens. [4]
• Gadfield Elm Chapel in England.
• Priesthood Restoration Site in Oakland Township, Pennsylvania — where most of the Book of Mormon was translated; John the Baptist appeared to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in a nearby forest and restored the Aaronic Priesthood to the earth; Joseph and Oliver baptized each other in the Susquehanna River.
• Kirtland, Ohio, the first gathering place of the Latter-day Saints, and where they built their first temple.
• The Mormon Battalion Center at San Diego in San Diego, California.
• Carthage Jail in Illinois where Joseph Smith and Hyrum Smith were martyred.
• Cove Fort Historic Site in Utah.
• Independence, Missouri Visitors' Center
• Joseph Smith's Birthplace in S. Royalton, Vermont.
• Liberty Jail Historic Site where Joseph Smith and others were imprisoned.
• Martin's Cove: Mormon Trail Site in Wyoming.