Search
    Additional Resource

    Nauvoo Illinois Temple

    Nauvoo Illinois Temple

    50 North Wells Street
    Nauvoo, Illinois

    Plans to construct the temple were announced 4 April 1999, Church leaders broke ground 24 October 1999, and Gordon B. Hinckley, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1995 to 2008, dedicated the Nauvoo Illinois Temple 27 June 2002. The temple serves Latter-day Saints in western Illinois and eastern Iowa.

       
    Temple Square is always beautiful in the springtime. Gardeners work to prepare the ground for General Conference. © 2012 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. 1 / 2
         
      Download Photos

      The 47,000-square-foot temple’s exterior is limestone quarried in Alabama.

      Currently, there are more than 20 temples in various stages of construction or have been announced throughout the world.

      Visit MormonTemples.org for additional information.

      Nauvoo Illinois Temple

      Temples

      Why Mormons Build Temples

      Style Guide Note:When reporting about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, please use the complete name of the Church in the first reference. For more information on the use of the name of the Church, go to our online Style Guide.