Sketch of the Nauvoo Temple, 1903 November 22

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3

Identifier: MSS 7526 Series 1 Item 22

Staff Only

Dates

1903 November 22

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research. Photographs are kept in cold storage; access requires 24 hours advance notice.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Michael D. Peterson collection on Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Extent

1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11 cm.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

General

Written on the bottom: "The Temple was built of light gray limestone. It was 128 ft. long and 88 ft. broad, 60 ft. high and to the top of the tower 200 ft. it had 30 hewn pilasters, which cost $3,000 each. The whole cost of the building was over $1,000,000. The baptismal fount, supported of 12 gilded, carved oxen, was in the basement story. Corner stone laid April 6, 1841." Written on the verso: "Sept. 22, 1903 at Nauvoo. A. M. Smith."