Nauvoo Family Inn & Suites, where you are a part of our family!

Summer is here!
Are you ready for the Nauvoo Pageant? Give us a call, 800-416-4470,we still have rooms available. If you'd love to come to Nauvoo, but want to "miss the crowds" of the pageant? Book a room for Saturday, Sunday or Monday nights.

Welcome to Nauvoo Family Inn & Suites!

Step back into time and visit historical Nauvoo, Illinois. Take an old fashioned wagon ride, learn to make a rope, and listen to the stories of days gone by. Enjoy the free entertainment at the Cultural Hall and the outdoor theater. Remember, all the sites and activities in Historical Nauvoo or "down on the flats" are free. Everyone is welcomed. Want to learn about your genealogy? The Family Search Center would love to help you. Stay with us, enjoy one of our family units, our spacious double queen rooms, or even a Jacuzzi suite, and make your family part of ours! Check out our Rooms page for hotel amenities and room options.

For your youth groups, check out our bunk rooms; we are sure to acommodate families and groups of any size. We aren't just any old traditional family inn. We also provide an indoor heated swimming pool and additional services such as an on-site breakfast buffet. For your shopping needs, stroll down to the lobby and shop in Grandma's Treasures and Trinkets, and take home a piece of Nauvoo. Worried about how your hair will look on your wedding day, visit our Salon.

Rich with Latter-Day Saints (LDS) history, Nauvoo has countless, remarkable sites to visit. You'll always have places to go and things to do in Nauvoo and the surrounding area. Nauvoo has over 50 free historic LDS sites. Since Carthage is only minutes away from Nauvoo, you can take a day trip to visit other historic sites in the area. Make sure you see our Attractios page for a complete must-sees in Nauvoo.

Nauvoo may be known best for the Nauvoo Pageant(s), in the summer. What you may not know, is for the rest of the year, Nauvoo is small town USA. With it's quaint shops, farmland and the mighty Mississippi River, it can be a beautiful place to relax and unwind. There's still plenty to do, up until about November 1st. From dining at the famous Hotel Nauvoo, sampling the delicious fudge at the Fudge Factory (plus buying some to take home!), shopping for souvenirs at Zion's Mercantile, the Allyn House, or Mary Lou's Art & Needle work shop or even the Nauvoo Pharmacy, you'll find something for everyone. If books are your forte, we have bookshops such as Latter Day Harvest and Neff's Old House Books to keep you entertained. Head "down to the flats" and tour the buildings of yesteryear. See how our ancestors worked in days gone by, and how easy we have it today. Take a wagon ride, (or two) and listen to stories of yesteryear. Brush up on your own ancestry, by visiting the Family Search center. Check out the visitors centers where they'll be happy to let you know of any shows or extra performance going on. Nauvoo Mill & Bakery, Grandpa John's, Baxter's Winery,(and soon The Apron) are also good choices for "wetting your whistle" or "grabbing a bite" to eat. Nauvoo has two beautiful parks, you could even have a picnic! Want a little exercise? Walking around Historic Nauvoo will give you that, or if you want something a little more challenging, check out Motley Fitness. Need a place to stay for the night? There are plenty of options in Nauvoo. From renting a house, a log cabin, unique period style rooms, or hotel rooms. Of course we'd love to have you stay at our place, but we know every place isn't for everyone. Check out beautifulnauvoo.com for all your options. Welcome to Nauvoo! We hope you take a little bit of history and happiness home with you!

We Cater To Large Groups!

Planning a family reunion, retreat, business event, youth group, tour group or a simple get-together with 25 people or more? Our Group Sales department is happy to help you decide what works best for you. If you are interested in meals for your group, we can do that too!

For more information, please call 800.416.4470 ext. 450 or email us at groupsales@nauvoofamilyinn.com.

Nauvoo History

When the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith and the Latter-Day Saints arrived in Commerce Illinois they were simply searching for a place to call home, free to practice their religion and raise their families. Needing a large tract of land for the many Latter-Day Saints that had wagon-trained from Missouri, Joseph Smith purchased the unwanted and uncultivated swampland that lay between Commerce and the mighty Mississippi River.

The Mormons designed and developed a breathtaking "public works" project to rid the newly-purchased land of the swamp that covered much of it. The Mormons created a massive drainage system that soon cleared the area. This system was an incredible undertaking, requiring thousands of hard labor hours and precise planning on the part of the Mormons. But, the Mormons were used to hard work in their travels. This drainage system is still in use today.

Soon Commerce Illinois was renamed Nauvoo. The name is from the old Hebrew word for "beautiful place." Not long after the name change took effect, Nauvoo received a special charter of incorporation from the state legislature of Illinois. This charter gave the elected leaders of Nauvoo far-reaching rights, including the right to raise a militia for defense.

Missionaries from the group were spread wide and far. Some were in the southern United States while others were in Europe spreading their faith. Converts came to Nauvoo by the hundreds from places near and far. By 1844 Nauvoo was the largest city in Illinois with a population in excess of 12,000, as large as Chicago. The industrialist Mormons built a thriving city where once there was nothing.

The Mormons began construction of a massive physically imposing structure of limestone; it was called the Nauvoo Temple and it stood 128 feet long, 88 feet wide and was capped with a tower that measured 82 feet from the ground. It was a magnificent structure that stood as the crown jewel of Nauvoo. You could see it perched on the highest spot in Nauvoo for miles around.

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Nauvoo Family Inn & Suites, where you are a part of our family!

We Cater To Large Groups!

Nauvoo History