Object Details
- architect
- Weeks, William
- associated institution
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- associated person
- Smith, Joseph
- Weeks, William
- Description
- Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints founded the town of Nauvoo, Illinois in 1839 and finished construction of their elaborate temple in 1846. Initially welcomed by the Illinois General Assembly, growing anti-Mormonism and the 1844 murder of leader Joseph Smith drove them to abandon the town less than three years after completing the temple.
- This celestial limestone carving was one of thirty that adorned the grand temple at Nauvoo, which was destroyed by a fire (possibly due to arson) in 1848 and tornado-force winds in 1850.
- 1846
- associated dates
- 1844
- ID Number
- 1989.0453.01a
- catalog number
- 1989.0453.01a
- accession number
- 1989.0453
- Object Name
- capital
- capital, part of
- capitol, part of
- Physical Description
- limestone (overall material)
- white (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall sunstone (two sections assembled): 48 in x 72 in x 18 in; 121.92 cm x 182.88 cm x 45.72 cm
- capital, part of (1989.0453.01a): 38 1/4 in x 62 3/8 in x 21 in; 97.155 cm x 158.4325 cm x 53.34 cm
- Place Made
- United States: Illinois, Nauvoo
- associated place
- United States: Illinois, Nauvoo
- Related Publication
- Ancestry's Red Book
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- Home and Community Life: Religion
- Cultures & Communities
- Family & Social Life
- Engineering, Building, and Architecture
- Religion
- Title
- Sunstone from Mormon Temple
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Prejudice
- Architecture
- Migration
- Latter Day Saints
- Record ID
- nmah_1110405
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-7128-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
