| 词条 | Richard C. Watkins | ||||||||||||
| 释义 |
Richard Charles Watkins (August 22, 1858 – April 9, 1941), an immigrant from Bristol, England, was an American architect throughout the intermountain west in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In his early career he interned with Richard K.A. Kletting in Salt Lake City.[1] In 1890 he came to Provo, Utah as a construction supervisor, and opened his own firm in 1892. When he left nearly 20 years later he had become the most prominent architect south of Salt Lake City, Utah.[2] His works include designing over 240 schools in the intermountain west of the United States including (Peteetneet, Maeser, Winnemucca, Spring City).[3] He served as the architect for Utah State Schools between 1912 and 1920. He also designed businesses (Knight Block Building, First National Bank of Provo), courthouses (Piute County Courthouse, Uintah County Courthouse,[4] Carbon County Courthouse[5]), eight Carnegie libraries (Provo, Cedar City, Manti, Garland, Richmond, Ephraim, Eureka,[6] Richfield[7]), churches (Provo Third Ward Chapel and Amusement Hall, Spring City Chapel, Mt. Pleasant South Ward) and homes (Knight-Allen House, Thomas N. Taylor House).[8] A number of his buildings survive and are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Personal lifeRichard Charles Watkins was born to Charles and Elizabeth Watkins in Bristol, England. He immigrated with his parents to Ogden, Utah in 1872. In 1880, he married Lucy Greenwell of Ogden. They had three children prior to her untimely death in 1886.[9] Subsequently, Richard married Emma Wold in 1889 in Ogden and together they had 9 children.[3] Richard died April 9, 1941, and is buried in the Salt Lake Cemetery.[10] Architectural worksImages of listings on National Register of Historic PlacesOther existing buildings on National Register of Historic Places
Demolished buildings
Buildings where Watkins was possibly architect or contributor
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://content.lib.utah.edu/u?/uu-uap,774 |title=Watkins, Richard C., 1858–1941 :: Univ of Utah – Utah Architects Project |publisher=Content.lib.utah.edu |date=2012-07-17 |accessdate=2012-08-01}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Watkins, Richard C.}}2. ^{{cite web|author=Daily Herald |url=http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/article_662dd7fb-99cb-5d49-9ece-c869624445e6.html |title=Utah County architect the focus of Tuesday lecture |publisher=Heraldextra.com |date=2011-03-06 |accessdate=2012-08-01}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=82004177}} |title=National register of Historic Places : Maeser School |publisher=Pdfhost.focus.nps.gov |accessdate=2013-10-28}} 4. ^Deseret Evening News, Dec. 15, 1900 5. ^Eastern Utah Advocate, Dec. 26, 1907 6. ^Salt Lake Herald, May 4, 1908 7. ^The Richfield Reaper, January 8, 1914 8. ^{{cite web|author=Amber Foote – Herald correspondent |url=http://www.heraldextra.com/lifestyles/article_ac03c910-cff6-5f4c-a775-56cabdadc57e.html |title=Go out for a local architecture tour |publisher=Heraldextra.com |date=2009-02-07 |accessdate=2012-08-01}} 9. ^Portrait, genealogical and biographical record of the State of Utah : containing biographies of many well known citizens of the past and present (1902 10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30257112 |title=Richard Charles WATKINS (1858–1941) – Find A Grave Memorial |publisher=Findagrave.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-01}} 9 : 1858 births|1941 deaths|American architects|English emigrants to the United States|English Latter Day Saints|Architects of Latter Day Saint places of worship|Architects from Bristol|Architects from Utah|Artists from Provo, Utah |
||||||||||||
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。