Don Carlos Young
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Joseph Don Carlos Young (May 6, 1855 – October 19, 1938) was an American architect and the Church Architect for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1887 until 1893. In 1893, the office of Church Architect was dissolved (to be reinstated for a time in the mid 20th century), Young thereafter practiced privately with the LDS Church as a frequent client.[1] Young practiced as an architect, landscape architect and designer from 1879 to circa 1935. A preponderance of his work centered on church commissions, or commissions offered him by extended Young family members, or higher echelon church friends.
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Don Carlos Young | |
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Church Architect | |
1887 – 1893 | |
Called by | Wilford Woodruff |
Predecessor | Truman O. Angell |
End reason | Office dissolved |
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Born | Joseph Don Carlos Young (1855-05-06)May 6, 1855 Salt Lake City, Utah Territory |
Died | October 19, 1938(1938-10-19) (aged 83) Salt Lake City, Utah |
Resting place | Salt Lake City Cemetery 40°46′37.92″N 111°51′28.8″W |
Alma mater | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of Deseret |
Notable works | Architect for the Salt Lake Temple, Brigham Young Academy (Provo, Utah) and Bear Lake Tabernacle (Paris, Idaho) |
Spouse(s) | Alice Naomi Dowden (1881) Marian Penelope Hardy (1887) |
Parents | Brigham Young Emily Dow Partridge |
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