February 5, 1844
Nauvoo, Illinois
Joseph Smith reported to architect William Weeks that he had seen in vision the pattern for the Nauvoo Temple, which had been under construction since April 1841.
Sources:
History of the Church, Joseph Smith, 6:196-97
"William Weeks, Architect of the Nauvoo Temple," Joseph E. Arrington, BYU Studies 19:3
Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 1820–1844, John W. Welch, p. 316
Sustaining the Law: Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters, Gordon A. Madsen, Jeffrey N. Walker, and John W. Welch,
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