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The Temple Lot is a parcel of land located in Independence, Missouri, which is an important site in the history of the Latter Day Saint movement as the first location dedicated to the construction of a temple. The land, about 63-acre (25 ha) in total, was purchased on December 19, 1831, by Edward Partridge to be the center of the New Jerusalem or "City of Zion" after Joseph Smith said he received a revelation stating the site would be the gathering spot of the Latter Day Saints during the last days. Smith dedicated the area on August 3, 1831. Ownership of the property is largely split between two Latter Day Saint denominations: Church of Christ (Temple Lot) and the Community of Christ (formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, or RLDS) The smaller 2.5-acre (1.0 ha) section of the Temple Lot is an open, grass-covered field occupied in its northeast corner by a few trees and the headquarters of the Church of Christ (Temple Lot), though adherents of this sect do not regard their headquarters as a temple. No other structures exist on this grassy field (with the exception of monuments, markers and signposts). The larger 61-acre (25 ha) portion of the property is owned mainly by the Community of Christ, and many prominent structures are located on this land or nearby, including United Nations Peace Plaza, the Community of Christ Auditorium, the Truman Railroad Depot, the LDS Visitors Center, the Community of Christ Temple, a stake center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and the Six Nations Tree of Peace.
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Temple Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 21, 1970.
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