The early life and career of Joseph Don Carlos Young (1855-1938) : a study of Utah's first institutionally trained architect to 1884

504 Pages·1994·10.9 MB·English

by  Westwood, P. Bradford

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THE EARLY LIFE AND CAREER OF
JOSEPH DON CARLOS YOUNG (1855-1938)
A Study of Utah's
First Institutionally Trained Architect
to 1884
P. Bradford Westwood
A Thesis
in
The Graduate Program in Historic Preservation
Presented to the faculties of the University of Pennsylvania
in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of
Masters of Science
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CONTENTS
Contents i
List of Illustrations ii-vii
Preface viii-xi
Acknowledgements xii-xiv
Chapter 1 Education and Early
Influences (1855-1879)
Chapter 2 "Attending to his Private 41
Business": The Self-training
and Practicum of Joseph Don
Carlos Young (1879-1884)
Chapter 3 Early Career, Commissions 70
and Patronage (1881-1884)
Chapter 4 Designing the Brigham Young 110
Academy in Provo, Utah 1884
Notes
Chapter 1 182
Chapter 2 194
Chapter 3 204
Chapter 4 211
Bibliography 217

Illustrations
Plates 1 Brigham Young Academy, Provo, Drawing No. 1,
rendered elevation, 1£84, Joseph Don Carlos
Young, architect. page 122
Brigham Young Academy, Provo, Drawing No. 2,
south elevation. 123
Brigham Young Academy, Provo, Drawing No. 3,
north elevation. 124
Brigham Young Academy, Provo, Drawing No. 4,
east elevation. 125
Brigham Young Academy, Provo, Drawing No. 5,
cross section. 126
Brigham Young Academy, Provo, Drawing No. 6,
longitudinal section. 127
Brigham Young Academy, Provo, Drawing No. 7,
plan for first story. 128
Brigham Young Academy, Provo, Drawing No. 8,
plan for second floor. 129
Brigham Young Academy, Provo, Drawing No. 9,
basement plan. 130
Figures 1.1 Emily Dow Partridge Young and children Edward
and Emily Young, circa 1852, photograph,
photographer unknown. page 32
1.2 President Brigham Young and his Seventeen
Sons, circa 1910, photograph portrait
montage, Charles Ellis Johnson, photographer.
Salt Lake City, Utah. 33
1.3 Karl G. Measer, circa 1880, photograph
portrait, Charles R. Savage, photographer,
Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. 34
1.4 Drawing exercise in topography by J.D.C.
Young, ink on Whatman paper, 1879. 35
1.5 Joseph Don Carlos Young, circa 1875-1876,
photograph portrait, C. R. Clark,
photographer, Troy, New York. 36
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