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The Miracle of the Stained Glass Windows in the Nauvoo Temple

The stained glass windows for the Nauvoo Temple were quite the project! In an article written on Tom Holdmans web site(the artist of the windows) he went into details about the finished windows of the Nauvoo Temple project almost breaking as they went to move the window at the very end of the process. Here’s […]

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Stain glassed Windows in the rebuilt Nauvoo, Temple Getting Christs Face Perfect

Tom Holdman was the artist in charge of the stain glassed windows in the new/rebuilt Nauvoo Temple. The Nauvoo Temple was not the first temple Tom Holdman worked on, he started with the the windows of the Palmyra Temple and then worked on the Winter Quarters Temple. Tom said that he felt that those two […]

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10 Fun Facts about the rebuilt Nauvoo, Illinois Temple

-The Nauvoo, Illinois Temple was rebuilt from the original Nauvoo Temple that was destroyed in the 1840’s. -The stone on the outside of the Nauvoo Temple was chosen to have the same color and texture as the limestone on the original Nauvoo Temple. The builders of the temple even looked into finding the same quarry […]

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Miracle of the Nauvoo Temple Blue Prints

The Nauvoo Temple stands as symbol of the past, a reminder of simpler times and hope for the future for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Only four years after the dedication of the Nauvoo Temple, it was destroyed and laid in ruins. The Nauvoo Temple was announced in 1841, Latter-day […]

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