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Tithing Office, 1861

In 1848, the records of the Church were loaded into wagons in Nauvoo, Illinois and brought across the plains. They stayed packed in a private residence until 1854, when they were temporarily moved to the Council House on the southwest corner of South Temple and Main Street. The records moved again in November of that year to the Tithing House, on the northeast corner of South Temple and Main Street.

Church History Library Timeline

Tithing Office, 1861
Historian’s Office, circa 1865
Upper floor of Historian’s Office, circa 1917
Church Administration Building, 1917
Church Office Building, 1972
Church History Library, 2009
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