About Obed Taylor
Lived 1824 – 1881 (aged 57). Obed Taylor was an American architect.
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.
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. He died at the height of his architectural career in 1881.
Works Salt Lake 18th Ward meetinghouse Salt Lake Assembly Hall (on Temple Square) Summit Stake Tabernacle University Hall, University of Deseret on Union Square Walker Opera House ZCMI & First National Bank Block (Ogden, Utah, 1881) In partnership with William H. Folsom: Deseret National Bank building (1875) Feramorz Little residence ZCMI Cast Iron Front (1876)
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Who was Obed Taylor?
architect (1824-1881)
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Obed Taylor was born on 27 April 1824.
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Obed Taylor died on 2 August 1881.
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Obed Taylor was an architect.
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Obed Taylor was American.
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