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The Kirtland Temple is the first temple built by adherents of the Latter Day Saint movement, located in Kirtland, Ohio, and dedicated in March 1836. Joseph Smith, the movement's founder, directed the construction following a series of reported revelations, and the temple showcases a blend of Federal, Greek Revival, and Gothic Revival architectural styles. [2]
The Kirtland Temple Suit (formally Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints v.Williams) [1] is an 1880 Ohio legal case that is often cited as the case that awarded ownership of the Kirtland Temple to the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church, now Community of Christ).
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) purchased the Kirtland Temple and took on ownership as of March 5, 2024. [25] Several previously Community-of-Christ-owned historic sites in Nauvoo, Illinois —including the Red Brick Store, Smith Family Homestead, and Mansion House—also transferred ownership as part of the same ...
[7]: 50 Later that year, Newel was assigned to visit church members in New York, Albany, and Boston. [3]: 32 Acting as the church's financial officer, the United Firm acquired over 100 acres of land in Kirtland, which Whitney paid taxes on. Whitney's ashery became the site of the Kirtland Temple, [2]: 109 whose construction began in 1833.
After the death of Joseph Smith in 1844, ownership of the temple shifted, eventually resulting in the Kirtland Temple Suit court case 1880. While the court case was dismissed, the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church, now Community of Christ) secured ownership of the temple through adverse possession by at least ...
John Tanner (August 15, 1778 – April 13, 1850) was a leading figure in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a chief financial backer of the Kirtland Temple. Tanner was a native of Rhode Island. He moved to New York when fairly young.
The legal battle started in 2018 after Ateres, an Orthodox Jewish girls school, agreed to purchase the Grace Baptist Church property in Nanuet for its new campus. In response, CUPON and CUPON of ...
During the late-19th century, Smith III and the church were involved in the Kirtland Temple Suit, which attempted to gain clear title for the church over Mormonism's original temple. In 1880, an Ohio court hearing the suit gave an opinion stated that the RLDS Church was the lawful successor of the original church, but ultimately dismissed the case.