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Show MASTER LIST OF ARCHITECTS The purpose of this undertaking was to identify those architects, who designed public facilities that involved the broad responsibilities of an architect and made a important contribution to the built environment. Prior to the enactment of 1911 statute any person could advertized themselves as an architect simply by placing their name in publications like the Salt Lake City Directory or the Mountain States Telephone directory offering a design service to the public. Between 1847 and 1911, those individuals with only residential projects, whose published information indicated their professional education and/or some form of internship in the office of an architect have been included. Other individuals for whom there is no professional background data available are not listed. 1847-1911 THE PERIOD PRIOR TO ARCHITECTURAL LICENSING The significant architecture of this period was predominantly undertaken by architects educated out of state, architectural internship or by some recognized builder/designers . . 1911 The Practice Act of Architecture was enacted by the Legislature of the State of Utah in 1911. Only those individuals meeting specified education and training criteria could officially use the title of AArchitect@. Individuals who were practicing architecture at the time of the creation of the statute were Agrand fathered@ with a license to call themselves an architect. A number of individuals did not open an office or establish a private practice. Those individuals could have been working within an organization, either private or governmental and their personal or project information was not available. A number of Federal buildings, operated or financed by the United States Government, i.e., post offices and court houses and, in the days of the Great Depression, city halls, libraries, etc.,were designed by architects not necessarily registered in Utah. Reciprocity, since the 1950's, has allowed all architects to become registered in many states, but their principal office may exist in just one state, other than Utah. The time frame of the Biographical Information is shown in the following parenthesizes: (1867 thru 1949) indicates the first time, when an individual publicized themselves as an architect. 1867 was the first published Salt Lake City Directory, 1890 for Ogden and 1891 for Provo. Regional Directories were also published during this same time period. Our research may not have discovered all individuals that would meet our current |