There are two items still existing from the original home: a stone step, below, and hearth stone. The monument to the Prophet Joseph Smith at the site of his birth was quarried in nearby Barre, Vt. The monument is actually five separate sections, which were taken to the site in 1905 in time to be set in place for the centennial of the Prophet's birth. It is made up of base and inscription stones, a single, large granite shaft and a pyramid-shaped capstone. The single shaft is 38½ feet, one foot in height for each year of the Prophet's life. The total height of the monument, including base stones, is about 50 feet. The collective weight of the entire monument is estimated to be as much as 100 tons.
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— Kenneth Mays