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Rufus Abbott Manor (King)

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Rufus Abbott Manor (Queen)

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Rates:

Winter (Nov-Mar) - $99 for main level king master suite w/adjacent bath, up to four additional guests at $20 each (full sofa sleeper in king suite, queen sofa sleeper in parlor) OR second level queen room with ensuite bathroom and two additional guest at $20 each in separate queen bedroom. Includes self-serve continental breakfast bar and washer/dryer.

Spring (Apr-May) & Fall (Sep-Oct) - $129 for main level king master suite w/adjacent bath, up to four additional guests at $20 each (full sofa sleeper in king suite, queen sofa sleeper in parlor) OR second level queen room with ensuite bathroom and two additional guest at $20 each in separate queen bedroom. Includes self-serve continental breakfast bar and washer/dryer.

Summer (Jun-Aug) - $300 for entire home including main level king master suite with sofa sleeper, parlor with queen sofa sleeper, full bathroom, kitchen, dining, laundry, upstairs two queen rooms, one with ensuite full bath. Includes self-serve continental breakfast bar. - $160 for main level king master suite w/adjacent bath for up to six guests (full sofa sleeper in king suite, queen sofa sleeper in parlor) OR $140 for second level queen room with ensuite bathroom and two additional guests in separate queen bedroom. Includes self-serve continental breakfast bar and washer/dryer.

(We are also required to charge an additional 6% hotel/motel tax for the State of Illinois and 7% for the City of Nauvoo.)

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Amenities:

• 1 King Size Bed (ground floor master suite)
• 2 Queen Size Beds (in each upstairs bedroom)
• 1 Full size Sleeper Sofa (in master suite)
• 1 Queen Size Sleeper Sofa in Parlor
• Range/oven, Refrigerator, Dishwasher, Microwave
• Washer & Dryer for Guest Use
• Wireless Internet and Cable TV in Parlor and three bedrooms
• Dishware, Utensils, Towels, & Linens Provided
• Complementary Breakfast Bar  
• One Full Bath on Main floor with Tub/Shower Combination
• One Full Bath with Tub/Shower off upstairs bedroom
• Four Historic (non-working) fireplaces in parlor, kitchen and upstairs bedrooms
• Central Heat and Air Conditioning
• Bar B Q and picnic table
• LDS Art, Library and Collectibles Curio
• Sleeps up to 10, porta-crib available on request

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Description:

The Rufus Abbott Manor affords you the opportunity to stay in a Nauvoo Mormon Pioneer home! This historic home is just seven blocks from the temple and sleeps up to ten comfortably. Rufus Abbott started building this home in 1839 and finished it in 1845 just before his family left with Brigham Young to travel to Salt Lake City in February 1846. This home feels and looks like what it may have in the 1840’s thus letting you ‘Sleep Where the Pioneer’s Slept’. 

The original pioneer brick home has three bedrooms (two upstairs) and an old fashioned parlor with library, collectible curio cabinet, historic fireplace and mantle, and a queen size sofa sleeper. A nice place to visit and converts to a bedroom with the pull-out sofa. The historic kitchen has the original fireplace where meals were cooked, in addition to modern appliances added to the other side of the kitchen. Adjacent to the kitchen is the windowed sun-porch overlooking the expansive yard where guests eat at the dining table. The sun porch also contains a breakfast bar with toaster and microwave for our guests. The master suite is on the main level in a 1903 addition to the original brick home. This large suite has a king size bed, full-size sofa sleeper, armoire, and 32” flat screen TV. Adjacent to it is the downstairs bathroom with shower/tub combination.

Up the wide pioneer stairs are two bedrooms, each with queen size beds and fireplaces, plus flat screen TVs for modern comfort. One has an antique dresser and armoire, plus a pioneer stairway to the attic where antique chairs and furnishings are stored away. This bedroom also has a cozy bathroom with tub/shower combination.

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Map:

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History:

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Rufus and Anna Abbott were among the earliest converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, joining the faith in 1830 in the state of New York. Soon after joining the Church, the Abbott family was among the earliest settlers in the “Mormon” communities in Jackson County, Missouri. The Abbott family was soon forced from the area. Before their expulsion,  their son Hiram Abbott settled on Shoal Creek at Jacob Haun’s Mill. Hiram was severely wounded during the attack on Haun’s Mill and died five weeks later.

After the Extermination Order of Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs in 1839, the Abbott’s left with the other LDS faithful, and eventually found refuge in beautiful Nauvoo. Rufus and Anna purchased  land in the Nauvoo Third Ward where they began to reestablish themselves in a new place. Scrimping and saving, they eventually had enough money to build their home. Rufus put the best materials into their beautiful new brick home. The staircase, a symbol of one’s wealth, was noted as one of the finest in Nauvoo because it was so wide. The Abbott’s completed the home around 1845, but fate did not allow them to rest in it very long. In the late Spring of 1846, they packed some of their earthly possessions, loaded up an ox drawn wagon and bade farewell to their beloved home and farm in the City Beautiful. They followed Brigham Young and arrived in the Great Salt Lake Valley on September 21, 1847.

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