1833 plat of the City of Zion

Plat of the City of Zion, blueprint for NewVistas — Plat of Zion front as drawn by F. G. Williams

Dimensions of the plat

•One “mile” (6,336’) square

•15,000 to 20,000 people

•(10) 1/2 acre lots / village

•96 villages

•960 “houses” with (16-21) people in 6-8 apartments

•Gardens in back of houses

•Patios and groves in front

•24 multiple purpose district buildings (88′ x 132′)

•132 ft wide “streets”

“When this square is thus laid off and supplied lay off another in the same way and so fill up the world in these last days and let every man live in the City”

Notes on the plat of the City of Zion, used by Newvistas concept

June 5, 1833 Vision

Notes and Drawings

by Frederick G.

Williams

Duplicate Lower

And Higher Courts

D&C 94-95 1833

•55’ x 65’ inner court

•Lower and Higher Courts

•Higher part of inner court chambers for schools

June 5, 1833 Vision

2 assembly halls, each with a lower and upper court

•Four pulpits both ends

•14’ between floors

•Chambers not galleries

•Elliptic arch overhead

•Curtains or veils, let down or raised at pleasure

•Outer court (132’ x 88’) from Plot specifications

•Basement (Nauvoo)

•Vertical structural frame

• Baths and elevators

NewVistas district buildings are also multiurpose

Rooms can be divided 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 times

inner courts transform based on the needs of the community

1833 plat of the City of Zion – key details

Dimensions of the plat