dedication of the jail. Tours of Carthage Jail are available including the original door with a bullet hole, where the jailer and his family would have slept, and where the Smith brothers were held. In 2020, Carthage Jail and other historic sites in the Nauvoo area were temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. See also Latter Day Saint martyrs References External links Historic Sites: Carthage Jail Official site Library of Congress Martyrdom of Joseph and Hiram Smith in Carthage Jail 1839 establishments in Illinois Buildings and structures in Hancock County, Illinois Defunct prisons in Illinois Joseph Smith Government buildings completed in 1839 Jails on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois Latter Day Saint movement in Illinois Museums in Hancock County, Illinois National Register of Historic Places in Hancock County, Illinois Prison museums in the United States Properties of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Significant places in Mormonism Jails in Illinois