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Show UTAH STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY TAYLOR A. WOOLLEY same year Gover nor Henr y H. Blood Drawing of the Garden Park Ward appointed Woolley to the position of Scout Home, Yale Ave., Salt Lake “Capitol Architect.” This appointment lasted City, 1941. This building is west of until 1941 at the of conclusion Blood’s the ward house designed by second term as the seventh governor of Utah. Woolley and Evans in 1938. To In this position Woolley was involved with the south of this building, Red landscape at the Capitol building as well as Butte Creek runs through the site. supervising work done on the Capitol building, including the installation of murals in the capitol rotunda painted by various Utah artists during the WPA era. Apparently Woolley’s position as state architect did not prevent the firm from accepting work during the 1930s. In 1938 Woolley and Evans received the commission to design the LDS ward house in their neighborhood. The Garden Park ward on Yale Avenue in Gilmer Park was unusual in that it was built partly upon the foundations of the Legrand Young— John Howard estate. The ward house is one of two non-residential buildings within the Gilmer Park National Register Historic District. The brick building’s style according to the ward dedicatory pamphlet was “English with an Elizabethan spirit.” At the south end of the site Red Butte Creek flows east to west through attractively landscaped grounds that contain a pond and gazebo enclosed by a decorative brick wall, making it a favorite setting for wedding photographs. During the 1940s the firm continued designing residences, commercial buildings, and a large number of remodelings of existing buildings. In 1941 157 |
