Sunstone Capital
date: label: Date made
content: 1846
label: associated dates
content: 1844
name: label: architect
content: Weeks, William
label: associated institution
content: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
label: associated person
content: Smith, Joseph
label: maker
content: Weeks, William
notes: label: Description
content: Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints founded the town of Nauvoo, Illinois in 1839 and finished construction of their elaborate temple in 1846. Initially welcomed by the Illinois General Assembly, growing anti-Mormonism and the 1844 murder of leader Joseph Smith drove them to abandon the town less than three years after completing the temple.
label: Description
content: This celestial limestone carving was one of thirty that adorned the grand temple at Nauvoo, which was destroyed by a fire (possibly due to arson) in 1848 and tornado-force winds in 1850.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Illinois, Nauvoo
label: associated place
content: United States: Illinois, Nauvoo
title: label: Title
content: Sunstone from Mormon Temple
topic: label: Subject
content: Prejudice
label: Subject
content: Architecture
label: Subject
content: Migration
label: Subject
content: Latter Day Saints
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content: Home and Community Life: Religion
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
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content: Religion
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Ancestry's Red Book
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0453.01b
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0453.01b
label: accession number
content: 1989.0453
objectType: label: Object Name
content: capital
label: Object Name
content: capital, part of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: limestone (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: capital, part of (1989.0453.01b): 17 1/8 in x 72 in x 18 1/4 in; 43.4975 cm x 182.88 cm x 46.355 cm
label: Measurements
content: sunstone (two sections assembled): 54 in x 71 3/4 in x 20 3/8 in; 137.16 cm x 182.245 cm x 51.7525 cm