Liberty Jail

Title	Liberty Jail
Publication Type	Photography
Authors	Mays, Kenneth, and Wilford C. Wood
Citation Key	8545

Image courtesy of the Wilford C. Wood family. On June 19, 1939, Wilford C. Wood purchased the jail-site home from Carl B. Fischer. The original dungeon floor where the Prophet Joseph and others suffered was part of the basement of the Fischer home.

Image courtesy of the Wilford C. Wood family. Alternate view of the Fischer home. Wilford C. Wood is in the center.

Image courtesy of the Wilford C. Wood family. Part of the original jail floor was part of the basement of the Carl. B. Fischer home purchased by Wilford C. Wood.

Building/visitor center in which the rebuilt section of the jail is housed. Taken in 2008.

Original key to the Liberty Jail on display in the visitors' center. Taken in 2006.

Rebuilt section of the jail inside the visitors' center. Taken in 2008.

View showing the jailer's living quarters in Liberty Jail. Taken in 2018.

View of the jail's basement showing where the Prophet and his associates were housed. Taken in 2006.

Representation of how the Prophet's time in the jail was spent. Taken in 2007.

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Mays, Kenneth, and Wilford C. Wood. Liberty Jail.

Scripture Reference

Doctrine and Covenants 121:1

Doctrine and Covenants 122:1

Doctrine and Covenants 123:1

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