The Joseph Smith Academy ("JSA") was an educational complex run by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Nauvoo, Illinois, less than 1,000 feet (300 m) from the Nauvoo Temple. Until recently, the Academy was home to a BYU distance study program focusing on church history. For this reason, the Academy is sometimes referred to as the BYU Nauvoo Center. The Academy no longer is functioning and the building was torn down beginning in September 2007, due to then LDS Church President Gordon B. Hinckley not wanting any buildings to obstruct the view to and from the Nauvoo Temple.