Obed Taylor
Architect
Died when: 57 years 97 days (687 months)Star Sign: Taurus
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.
Taylor's works include the Salt Lake Assembly Hall on Temple Square, the , and Ogden's Z.C.M.I. and First National Bank Block.
Though has been credited with being the architect of the Summit Stake Tabernacle, Taylor approved of the plans and likely assisted Allen who was untrained as an architect.
Obed Taylor worked in partnership with William H.Folsom on many projects including the , ZCMI's cast-iron storefront (1876), and the Feramorz Little residence.
He died at the height of his architectural career in 1881.Funeral services were held in the which he had recently designed.
The as well as a building at the University of Deseret were designed by Taylor but completed after his death.
