Obed Taylor
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Obed Taylor (April 27, 1824 - August 2, 1881) was an architect who designed many notable buildings in early Utah that survive on the National Register of Historic Places. Taylor's works include the Salt Lake Assembly Hall on Temple Square, the , and Ogden's Z.C.M.I. and First National Bank Block. Though has been credited with being the architect of the Summit Stake Tabernacle, Taylor approved of the plans and likely assisted Allen who was untrained as an architect. Obed Taylor worked in partnership with William H. Folsom on many projects including the , ZCMI's cast-iron storefront (1876), and the Feramorz Little residence.[1] He died at the height of his architectural career in 1881. Funeral services were held in the which he had recently designed. The as well as a building at the University of Deseret were designed by Taylor but completed after his death.[2]
Personal life[]
He was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Parley P. Pratt and came to Salt Lake City, Utah in 1871.
Notes[]
- ^ Roberts, Allen (Spring 1976), "Utah's Unknown Pioneer Architects" (PDF), Sunstone, 1 (2): 67–85
- ^ Deseret News, August 2, 1881
- 1824 births
- 1881 deaths
- Architects from Utah
- Architects of Latter Day Saint religious buildings and structures
- 19th-century American architects
- American Latter Day Saints