Joseph & Emma Smith Home

Built in 1824, Newel K. and Elizabeth Ann Whitney welcomed Joseph and Emma Smith to live with them here in February 1831. During this time, Joseph Smith received several important revelations for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The Newel K. Whitney Store served as the home of Joseph and Emma Smith between September 1832 and February 1834. The store served as the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during that time.

Historic Kirtland, in Kirtland, Ohio, includes a visitors’ center and six historic structures: a schoolhouse, a sawmill, an ashery, the Newel K. Whitney and Company store, Newel and Ann Whitney’s home, and the Johnson Inn, which now houses historical exhibits.