Sunday, June 1, 2014

Day 2 - Historic Homesites

Oh how fun was today!  There are several historic homesites and businesses that have survived or have been restored/rebuilt around Nauvoo.  This city was designed so amazingly that I just was in awe.  The Visitor Center has a scale model of the area that was perfect for getting a visual picture of what it looked like.  My favorite was that 1 - it was set up in a grid style (so much easier to navigate), and 2 - each block consisted of four 1 acre lots.  Each lot had room for a home, out building/stable, orchard, and small garden.  Large farming was done north of town. They also had a "Main St." with business; printing shop, post office, gunsmith, blacksmith, shoe maker, tin shop, bakery, community hall, etc.

Here are some of the fun pictures we took...

The Bakery



Cultural Hall





Family Living Center



 Printing Shop



 Post Office and Mercantile




 John Taylor Home



 Johnathon Browning Home & Gunshop







Tinsmith







Lucy Mack Smith's Home




Smoke house


 Brickyard...there where 350 brick homes when the saints left. Considering the amount of work and time it took to make the bricks this was quite amazing.  There was no one particular brickyard as they would make the bricks on site.


Marcia's Mumblings

Marcia's Mumblings



Brigham Young Home











 Blacksmith




The Seventies Hall







Red Brick Store








Smith Family Homestead & Cemetery




Mansion House...this was also a hotel but the back is no longer there.


And there are so many more I know I didn't include, some we where not able to get to.  On limited time it's hard to make it to everything.  If you ever want to go make sure to plan at least 3 full days.  We had 2 1/2.

Here is a link to a wonderful site that lists everything there is to see and do along with a map you can download and print.  




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