Show church purchases temple at nauvoo the L U D 8 church litts hua PU purchased tile tho lot on which the nau i t gumplo in illinois was erected gra lit learned that tile tho lot aa was going ut tit auction anil and allford C wool wood who ana in ili illinois to bid tor for it mr wood proved to tb bo be ailigh bidder at tile tho sale bale the tribune olef lif bf fire lit in november 1810 all tile the walls later fraed by 11 tornado toi nado of tile the stories baud d in li the original building havo beun been converted to use ilse in ill other buildings lit in tile tho city only a low fogy retillia aits of the ho structure reil remain lain nho telli temple plo drs begun soon after tile alico was chosen by smith tile the organizer of 0 tho the churell church as tile the site ot of a now new city for f ills his people the cornerstone ans w laid april 6 1841 the founder of the L D S falth faith nover r lived to see its ita corn coni plot plo lon tion lir villy met illet death nt lit tho the hands ot of a inoa hiob lit in cartilage Cur thage jail lit in 1844 however DrIg hain young tile the second president ot of tho the church chur cli the capstone of tho temple may alay 24 1845 at tho the 0 of its completion complot lon the temple was considered one of tile tha moyt most imposing edifices ot of tile the west it was feet long and 88 feet wide with a height of feet to tho top of the tower ri filiere liere were 30 hewn pIlEt buters Aers said to have cost ench each adorning the four sides of the building some settle of the pilaster pt faster capstones carstones cap stones are still to bo be seen in tile city templo temple work of the church ats carried can led on oil until tile the tho the church nien members ibers were driven froll d om their homes holnes by mobs and begaii their exodus to the westa inuring the winter of 1846 1840 alii 1847 only two old buildings lid on the lot today nauvoo was first selected as rl once of refuge for the church alen bers who wore were driven out ot of missouri antl on may alay 1 1839 a of the church pur chaika che chai wl Kl one farm of acrea far tile hue hum of and tt a larger farm front froni dr isaac for j tilio the ale was lite literacy raly a wilderness rit t the time of purchase ac cording coi ding to joseph smith sinith who sald ald that a stone house throe three frame fr houses paid two block houses were the only structures of t te 9 place which wm was then called commerce doing being largely unhealthful swamp 1 land at the time the people be 1 gan at once to drain it and in 1840 the state of illnois granted a most liberal charter to the newly christened city of nauvoo elections were hold held in 1840 and john C bennett be acme ca lile the first mayor soon the founding of a university was authorized the nauvoo keidar wils organized business houses and dwellings sprang up and before long it was wag a thriving metropolis of inhabitants habitants lIn today li it less than 1000 Ires residents what uso use will be made of the lot now that it has passed into tile the hands of the former owners was not made mc de known |