Historic Sites: New York and Pennsylvania
What to Expect When You Visit the Church’s Historic Sites in New York and Pennsylvania
View NowSacred Grove and Joseph Smith Boyhood Home
Joseph Smith Family Farm
The Smith Family Farm, in Palmyra and Manchester, New York, is open to the public year-round. This historic site is located on the 100 acres of land cultivated by the Smith family in the 1820s. Tours and markers on the site tell about Joseph Smith’s First Vision and his first visits
Hear Him
Listen to Saints, chapter 2.
Ask in Faith
Listen to Saints, chapter 1.
Interactive Map: Smith Family Farm and Sacred Grove
Examine this map to learn about foundational events in the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ, including Joseph Smith’s First Vision, visits from the angel Moroni, and the printing of the Book of Mormon.
Hill Cumorah
Hill Cumorah
Hill Cumorah in Manchester, New York, is the place where Joseph Smith met annually with the angel Moroni from 1823 to 1827. On September 22, 1827, the angel allowed Joseph to obtain the gold plates from which the Book of Mormon would be translated.
Plates of Gold
Listen to Saints, chapter 3.
The Book of Mormon
Ponder the challenges and miracles Joseph Smith experienced from the time he heard about the golden plates to the time he opened a printed copy of the Book of Mormon.
Reclaiming Hill Cumorah
Interactive Map: LDS Places of Interest, Palmyra and Manchester, New York
Discover the Hill Cumorah, the Grandin Building (where the Book of Mormon was first printed and bound), and lesser-known places that influenced the life of the Prophet Joseph Smith.
Priesthood Restoration Site
Priesthood Restoration Site
The Priesthood Restoration Site in Oakland Township, Pennsylvania, is where Joseph Smith’s wife Emma grew up and where several significant events occurred, including the first baptisms in modern times by the same authority as that of John the Baptist.
Be Watchful
Listen to Saints, chapter 4.
All Is Lost
Listen to Saints, chapter 5.
“Upon You My Fellow Servants”
Where Was the Priesthood Restored?
On May 15, 1829, Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery knelt in a secluded spot near Joseph’s home in Harmony, Pennsylvania, to pray about baptism by proper authority. In answer to their prayers, John the Baptist appeared as an angel and conferred on them the Aaronic Priesthood.1 This was the first in a series of events that would bring back priesthood authority and keys needed to perform essential ordinances, to lead Christ’s restored Church, and to seal families together for eternity.
Interactive Map: Priesthood Restoration Site
Explore the landscape and buildings that now exist at the Priesthood Restoration Site.
Oliver Cowdery’s Gift
Read about D&C 6, 7, 8, 9, 13.
“Thou Art an Elect Lady”
Read about D&C 24, 25, 26, 27.
Grandin Building: Book of Mormon Publication Site
The Book of Mormon
Ponder the challenges and miracles Joseph Smith experienced from the time he heard about the golden plates to the time he opened a printed copy of the Book of Mormon.
Interactive Map: LDS Places of Interest, Palmyra and Manchester, New York
Discover the Hill Cumorah, the Grandin Building (where the Book of Mormon was first printed and bound), and lesser-known places that influenced the life of the Prophet Joseph Smith.
Whitmer Farm: Church Organization Site
Peter Whitmer Farm
Whitmer Farm, located near Fayette, New York, is the place where The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized in 1830 and where Joseph Smith received revelations from God to guide the new church.
Peter Whitmer Log Home in Fayette, NY
Interactive Map: LDS Places of Interest, New York and Pennsylvania
Examine the relationship between different sacred sites in Palmyra and Fayette, New York, and Harmony (Oakland), Pennsylvania—places of revelation and restoration.
“Build Up My Church”
Read about D&C 18, 20, 21, 22.