These properties are owned and operated by the Community of Christ.

Guided walking tours of the Smith family properties begin at the Joseph Smith Historic Site Visitors Center starting with a short film. For more information on hours and tour times, please click here.

Joseph Smith Historic Site Visitors Center Within the Joseph Smith Historic Site Visitors Center, guests will find original paintings of Nauvoo by David Hyrum Smith as well as other artifacts and information about the city and its people. The Joseph Smith Historic Site Visitors Center includes artifacts from the Smith family and many close associates.

Nauvoo House
In the same 1841 revelation that commanded the building of the temple, the Lord called on the Latter-day Saints to erect a hotel to be called the Nauvoo House. Although the Saints never completed this structure, Emma Smith's second husband, Lewis Bidamon, did complete the structure in its present condition, and he and Emma ran the facility as the Riverside Mansion. Those on the guided walking tour will pass by the Nauvoo House and hear additional information on its history.

Joseph Smith Homestead
When early church members first gathered in Nauvoo, this cabin on the river became Joseph and Emma's first home. They added on a kitchen to the north side of the building, and Joseph III built the frame addition to the west in 1858. On the walking tour, guests will view the inside of the Homestead. Inside, guests will see the same hand-hewn construction that was used to create the home and many furnishings from the time.

Mansion House
In 1842 Joseph Smith built this fine frame house just across the street from the Homestead. Just after its construction, however, a hotel wing was added to accommodate the many visitors to Nauvoo while the Nauvoo House was under construction. It was in this house that the Prophet Joseph Smith lived when the Martyrdom occurred. Today the original residence part of the home still stands since the hotel wing's removal in 1890. While on the walking tour, guests may enter the home to view the rooms used by Joseph and Emma and hear about events that took place within the home.

Red Brick Store
Joseph Smith's Red Brick Store served the community of Nauvoo in many ways since its construction in 1841. While the first floor functioned as a store, the upper floor served as a gathering place for meetings, including the first meeting of the Relief Society, and also housed Joseph Smith's office. Demolished in 1890, the Red Brick Store was reconstructed in 1980 to appear as it did in the 1840s.

Smith Family Cemetery
This cemetery serves as the final resting place for the Prophet Joseph Smith, Emma Hale Smith, Hyrum Smith, Joseph Sr., and Lucy Mack Smith, as well as many other Smith family members and friends.