Location: Main street
Wilford Woodruff Home: Wilford Woodruff, the fourth president of the LDS Church, completed this home in 1845. He was often known as “Wilford the Faithful” because of his devotion and dedication to the Lord. When Wilford built this lovely home, he wanted it to be warm and cozy. Consequently, he put a fireplace in every room, eight in all.
Location: Durphy and Hotchkiss Streets
Sarah Granger Kimball Home:
Hiram Kimball bought this home in Commerce before the Latter-day Saints arrived.It was in this home that the idea for the Female Relief Society of Nauvoo was born. Sarah Granger Kimball, wife of Hiram Kimball, was an affluent young married woman who opened her beautiful home for social and religious gatherings. She served as a Relief Society President in Salt Lake City for forty years, and was the first president of the Utah Suffrage Association.
Location: Commerce Street off of Young Street
Pendleton Home and School: Calvin Pendleton was born in Hope, Maine, in 1811. Missionaries converted him to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. To support his family, Calvin worked with Jonathan Browning as a gunsmith and taught school in his home.
Visitors have fun doing lessons on old-fashioned slates and learn fascinating facts about life in Old Nauvoo.
Location: Kimball near Main Street
Lucy Mack Smith Home: Lucy Mack Smith, mother of Joseph Smith, lived in this lovely little home, built by Joseph Noble, for several months in 1846. Lucy was born in New Hampshire in 1775 and married Joseph Smith, Sr., in 1796. They were the parents of eight sons and three daughters. She followed her son, Joseph, to Kirtland, Ohio, Far West, Missouri, Quincy, Illinois, and finally to Nauvoo. Here she lost her husband and four sons.
In this home, you will learn more about this remarkable woman, and view beautiful antique furniture and dishes.
Location: Hyde and Kimball Streets
John Taylor Home: John Taylor, the third president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his wife, Leonora Cannon, were born in England and immigrated to Canada as adults. They were both devout Methodists. Parley P. Pratt, an LDS missionary, taught John and Leonora and they were converted and baptized. John was with Joseph and Hyrum Smith when they were murdered in Carthage. He was a man of great integrity and a devoted husband and father, whose loyalty to the Church never wavered.
Location: Main Street
Heber C. Kimball Home: The Heber C. Kimball Home was the inspiration for the restoration of Nauvoo. Heber, his wife Vilate, and their three children arrived in Nauvoo with almost nothing, having lost virtually everything they owned in Missouri. Heber dismantled an old stable to make a crude lean-to for his family. He built two log homes before finally completing this brick home. The Kimballs lived in this house only four months and five days before joining the exodus from Nauvoo. Heber’s life was dedicated to serving the Lord.
Location: Munson and Partridge Streets
Brigham Young Home: Brigham Young, second president of the LDS Church, was born in Whitingham, Vermont. When the Youngs came to Nauvoo, they settled across the river in Montrose, Iowa. Brigham departed on a mission to England, and while he was gone, his wife, Mary Ann, procured a building lot in Nauvoo and moved her family into an unfinished log cabin. After Brigham returned, he completed the cabin and then built this home on the same lot. The Youngs lived here with their six children until they left for the west.
Location: Kimball and Granger Streets
