That draw a plan and elevation of the and have it ready to present to the conference, and that he have the means furnished and he build the so as to have it finishd by next October.
A vote was taken and passed unanimously.
Coun moved a recess of 5 minutes
The replied, “we[’]ll take it then”.
After adjournment Coun. wished to know how far it is wisdom to enter up all or a part of the public doings of this in the history Church history. He wants to know whether all the acts of the City council shall be recorded in the history, or only those in which prest. J. Smith was particularly active in getting up, or whether none of them shall be entered up. Also the acts and organization [p. [222]]
At the meeting of the shareholders of the Nauvoo House Association on 7 April 1845—the same day as the conference of the church—Woodworth “exhibited the plan of the South elevation of the building—also the West elevation and ground floor.” Woodworth likely contracted with Nauvoo architect William Weeks to create the drawings. Existing architectural drawings that match the description given in the April minutes bear Weeks’s signature. Additionally, although Woodworth apparently displayed the desired drawings at the April 1845 meeting, in August 1845 Willard Richards noted that Woodworth had yet “to furnish a draft” to the Nauvoo House Association. Following Woodworth’s presentation of the drawings at the April meeting, Orson Pratt read the JS revelation commanding the construction of the Nauvoo House to the conference of the church, and the members voted to “fulfil the Revelation, by completing the Nauvoo House, as soon as possible.” (Minutes, 7 Apr. 1845, Nauvoo House Association, Records, CHL; Weeks, Nauvoo House Architectural Drawings, 1845; Richards, Journal, 9 Aug. 1845; Revelation, 19 Jan. 1841, in Doctrine and Covenants [103], 1844 ed. [D&C 124]; Historian’s Office, General Church Minutes, 7 Apr. 1845.)
Nauvoo House Association. Minutes, 5 and 7 Apr. 1845. Nauvoo House Association, Records, 1841–1846. CHL. MS 2375, box 5, fd. 16.