The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints erected this monument to commemorate the delivering of the Ancient American record known as the "Book of Mormon" to the prophet Joseph Smith on September 22, 1827. The figure on top of the shaft represents Moroni, the heavenly messenger who visited Joseph Smith, shown as though calling the inhabitants of the Earth to hear and to heed the Gospel message and holding in his left hand the plates from which the "Book of Mormon" was translated. The west panel shows Moroni delivering the record to Joseph, the south panel depicts the Angel of the Lord showing the record to three witnesses, and the last panel depicts Joseph showing, by permission, the record to eight other witnesses. The inscription on the north panel is taken from the last section of the record called the "Book of Moroni." The shaft and its ornamentation symbolize the administrative pattern of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which was organized by revelation April 6, 1830, in harmony with that of the original Christian Church: lines of light flowing down the center symbolize the president of the church, the pillars on each side his two counselors, the design above the panel with twelve conventional lights the twelve apostles, a similar ornamentation on the corners the seven presidents of seventies, and the ornamentation on the corners below the panels the presiding bishopric who officiate in temporal things. The monument was designed and modeled by sculptor Torleif S. Rhaphus.