Come sleep in history! The Nauvoo 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 nine comfortably.
One of only a few Nauvoo red brick Pioneer homes not owned by The LDS church. The Manor is located next to the historic road to Carthage.
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.
As an authentic Nauvoo red brick pioneer home, this home will give you the experience of Nauvoo and let you live where the pioneers lived. You will experience the history you learned about at the church restoration sites down on the flats. A unique and special opportunity indeed!
What a sweet stay! It was very cute. The ac was nice. There is some wildlife that is fun to watch play in the yard. We liked the big windows and lacy curtains. The beds were comfortable. The kitchen was very functional. Everything was really tidy. We liked all the room spaces that made the house feel large. It felt like we were part of old Nauvoo staying here. Thank you for sharing your home!
Staying in an authentic pioneer house just added to the experience of being in Nauvoo.the home was conviently located, well equipped, and clean. We very much enjoyed our stay.
We had a fabulous time staying in the historic Rufus Abbott home. Great communication with the host! It was like going back in time with the decor and treasures displayed
The Rufus house is close to historic Nauvoo. The host, Tina, was great and sent us info before to make our trip more meaningful. Home is old historic home, bwork modern updates. The host provides snacks and food that made our stay really nice. The dryer was making noise & did not work great but the host said she was getting it repaired.
House was comfortable. It was very convenient for our stay. We were there to see all the historic Nauvoo stuff. The house was a 2 minute drive to the temple and 5 minutes from old Nauvoo, which made it nice during to day to run back and have lunch or dinner.
The property was exactly as advertised and perfect for a getting in the Nauvoo spirit. We made Thanksgiving dinner in this kitchen and celebrated a holiday we will never forget.
We were doing a 2 week road trip and this property was right in the middle of our trip. It was perfect as it allowed us to spread out and get a little bit of space from each other (verses a hotel room) and do some laundry and be able to actually cook (if we wanted).. Nauvoo had some yummy restaurant options. Loved the proximity to Historic Nauvoo and downtown. Property was clean and host was accessible with questions. Wifi was great. And property had air conditioning which is appreciated in the Nauvoo summer. Would definitely recommend staying at this property.
Great stay in Nauvoo at the Historic Rufus Abbott Manor
We wanted to have the authentic 1800's feel while we were staying in Nauvoo and this home does the trick! It was decorated so nicely in that era. My sister and I each had our own bedrooms upstairs so luckily it wasn't awkward for her to come into my bedroom to use the bathroom (the upstairs bathroom is in the Joseph & Emma room). We stayed 6 nights and made dinner several evenings in the home--they had everything we needed. The view out the dining room into the open field was lovely. We loved our stay!
The kitchen was supplied with all needed excessories. The beds were comfortable and the home had many antiques to represent the pioneer period, great time for 6 lafies
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We loved our stay in the Abbott home, it provided our family with a unique opportunity to stay in a home that was built at the same time the Saints were in Nauvoo. The home is even decorated to the extent possible in a way that honors that history. It was also special for us to learn at the visitor's center that my 2nd Great Grandfather and his parents lived two short residential blocks away on the corner of Ripley and Warsaw. We would definitely stay there again.
We were very pleased with the home. We loved the location, the charming decorations and age of the home. Most of all we were blessed to have Nauvoo Tina. She gave us insights and recommendations from a local perspective. Our vacation was awesome with her recommendations and the home just made it perfect.
We loved staying at the Abbott house! Itâs so well taken care of and authentic to the time period we experience throughout Nauvoo! Communication was great. Distance to sights were great. Everything we needed was provided within the house. I will tell all my friends and family to stay at the Abbott house!
I was a little concerned with it being a historic home that we would just feel stressed out about not breaking anything and it would be uncomfortable, but really it was very comfortable and welcoming even with little kids. We did watch them closely, and it was good we had plans outside of the home most of the time, but the home has a really nice feel to it and a sweet spirit so it wasnât uptight or anything.
I decided to spend my birthday in the Nauvoo Temple and invited my birthday buddies to join me. I wanted to stay in a historical home. So, four senior citizen ladies jumped in the mini van and headed out on a week-long road trip.
I chose the Rufus Abbot Manor because we could each have our own room and there was a bathroom on each level. The home is definitely an antique but still has adequate air conditioning and Wifi. The beds were comfortable and the house was charming.
Had a wonderful and educational stay in Nauvoo, couldnât have been more authentic than Abbott Manor. Got a feeling of walking into the past, aside from the trash filled dumpster right outside the bedroom window. After our first night, the upstairs bathroom toilet was slow to flush and then wouldnât flush at all. It was obvious that this was an existing problem because there was feces remnants lContacted Tina who responded and arranged for a plumber to inspect the problem. We only had 2 full days to see the sights so I was informed that the plumber advised not to use that toilet, which was a huge inconvenience with 4 adults.
Itâs always part of my criteria to get a place with 2 bathrooms and I asked her to adjust the amount. Upon this request she said the toilet could be used. She was extremely rude with her chastising responses, shouting with repeating my name over and over with exclamation marks. She shouldâve been thankful that we heeded the what plumber advised and didnât use it, as it wouldâve been a very disgusting situation had we listened to her.
It must have been an existing problem as my son had to clean feces remnants off of the toilet before we were able to settle in after check in.
Tina had mentioned that
It was so fun to stay in a home much like the ones we toured. It really brought us back in time. Tina was so responsive. I don't think I've ever had a host be so good about that. They've done a great job so far in restoring it. I look forward to seeing what else you do. AND the beds were comfortable Very important.
Perfect place to stay when visiting historic Nauvoo. Two of the rooms are up steep stairs. So make sure your group is capable of that. Lovely property. Would definitely stay again when we come back.