Undated photograph of the Nauvoo Temple. |Dedication||1 May 1846
|Floor area||54,000 sq ft (5,000 m2)| |Preceded by||Kirtland
Temple| |Official website• News & images| The Nauvoo Temple was
the second temple constructed by the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, commonly known as the Mormons. The church's
first temple was completed in Kirtland, Ohio, United States, in
1836. When the main body of the church was forced out of Nauvoo,
Illinois, in the winter of 1846, the church attempted to sell
the building, finally succeeding in 1848. The building was
damaged by fire and a tornado before being demolished. In 1937,
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reacquired the
lot on which the original temple had stood. The Church built a
temple on the original site whose exterior is a replica of the
first temple, but whose interior is laid out like a modern
Latter-day Saint temple. On 27 June 2002, a date that coincided
with the 158th anniversary of the deaths of Joseph and Hyrum
Smith, the temple was