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On April 6, 1830, in a small log home belonging to Peter
Whitmer Sr., the Prophet Joseph Smith Jr. and five other men formally
organized The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The first and
second general conferences of the Church were also held here. It was in this
home that Joseph Smith Jr. and Oliver Cowdery completed the translation of
the Book of Mormon.
In the nearby woods an angel showed the gold plates to Oliver Cowdery, Martin
Harris and David Whitmer, in the company of the Prophet Joseph Smith. These were
the same plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated.
The Log Home was reconstructed in 1980 and is an example of the type of log
homes built when the Whitmers moved to Fayette, New York between 1807 and 1809.
The Log Home is furnished with household artifacts of that same period. Free guided tours
daily.
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