Nauvoo House Association.

The Nauvoo House Association was incorporated in February 1841 for the purpose of constructing a public house in Nauvoo, Illinois. Capital was raised from sale of stock. Original committee members were George Miller, Lyman Wight, Peter Haws, and John Snyder. Construction was halted in March 1844, but was recommenced in April 1845, at which time George A. Smith and Amasa M. Lyman replaced Lyman Wight and John Snyder. Clerks were Ephraim Potter, James Sloan, and Lucian R. Foster. A few later daybook entries were made by William Clayton.

On May 9, 1839, members of the fledgling Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints settled in Nauvoo, Illinois, after fleeing violent opposition from non-Mormons in western Missouri. In January 1841 Joseph Smith announced a revelation commanding church members to construct a Nauvoo Temple and a Nauvoo House. The latter, according to Doctrine and Covenants 124:60, was to be "a delightful habitation for man, and a resting place for the weary traveler, that he may contemplate the glory of Zion, and the glory of this, the corner-stone thereof." Construction on the house, an L-shaped structure forty feet deep and three stories tall, began in the spring of 1841. Built on land donated by Joseph Smith, the Nauvoo House was financed through the purchase of fifty dollar shares of stock from the Nauvoo House Association, formed on February 23, 1841. In an effort to complete the Nauvoo Temple, church members suspended construction on the Nauvoo House in 1845 and completely abandoned the unfinished structure when they left Nauvoo in 1846.