In June of 1829, Joseph Smith took a few manuscript pages of the Book of Mormon to Grandin to obtain an estimate for printing costs. Grandin and his associates were dubious at first about printing this story from a "golden Bible". Joseph Smith then took the manuscript pages to Thurlow Weed, a fellow printer, but Weed flatly turned him down, saying he did not believe Joseph Smith's translation account. A visitors' center has been built onto the back of the original building, and as much as possible of the original structure has been uncovered.