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What happened to Nauvoo House?

And now I say unto you, as pertaining to my boarding house which I have commanded you to build for the boarding of strangers, let it be built unto my name, and let my name be named upon it, and let my servant Joseph and his house have place therein, from generation to generation. For this anointing have I put upon his head, that his blessing shall also be put upon the head of his posterity after him. (D&C 124:56-57.)

Did David Hyram Smith and Joseph Smith III inherit this property?

Posted (edited)

Your whole question is misplaced. As soon as Xander respondes to my post in the BoA thread, I'll explain.

It looks like that thread's been locked, so could you explain now?

What is the anointing and blessing spoken of in D&C 124:27?

Is it the possession of the property?

Did David or Joseph III ever posses it?

What is the history of this property?

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Doesn't anyone know what anointing and blessing D&C 124:27 is talking about?

What was passed from Joseph to his posterity?

Was it the property rights to the Nauvoo House?

Did David or Joseph III ever posses these property rights?

Do any of Joseph's present descendants?

Doesn't anyone know the history of this property?

Posted (edited)

"Emma (Smith) Bidamon and Lewis Bidamon both lived in Riverside Mansion from 1871 until their deaths.[4] In 1909, the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church) purchased the property."

Could anyone fill in the history of this property (between 1871 and 1909)?

Mansion House and Nauvoo House were different buildings. Emma & Lewis Bidamon used Emma's dower's interest in the foreclosure sales of Joseph Smith's Nauvoo properties to purchase back the Mansion House and other properties at the final forclosure sale. The Nauvoo House was one of those properties for which Emma retained title and "in 1847 Bidamon dismantled a large portion of the walls down to the stonework of the basement story, and built a modest two-story structure (the Riverside Mansion) with the bricks on the southwest corner of the original foundation. The structure was used as a residence for the family."

Flanders "Kingdom on the Mississippi" pg 190

Edit to add.

It also appears in 1846 " that she (Emma) sold the lot for five thousand dollars to a speculator in real estate named Furness, from Quincy, who has since taken possession of one or two of the basement rooms in the building. "

Newel & Avery "Mormon Enigma" pg 233

Edited by CA Steve
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The Mansion House, Nauvoo House and Riverside Mansion are 3 different buildings. The Mansion House was where Joseph Smith and his family lived for the last few years of his life; the Nauvoo House was under construction (though stalled) when Joseph Smith was killed; the Riverside Mansion was constructed on the Nauvoo House site using materials from the unfinished Nauvoo House by Emma Smith's second husband, Lewis Bidamon.

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