Charles Duncan (1823 1891) was a Scottish-born
stonemason in
Utah
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. He worked on his own and with sons, sometimes known as Charles Duncan and Sons, building numerous stone houses and
culverts around
Davis County, Utah
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, and he contributed to the construction of the
Salt Lake Temple
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.
With son John Samuel Duncan, he built the
John, Harriet, and Eliza Jennett Duncan House in
Centerville, Utah
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around 1873. It is one of a number of his works listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
Duncan helped build the
Salt Lake Temple
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during the portion of its construction from 1863 to 1867.
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Duncan was born in 1823 in Dysart, ]Fifeshire
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, Scotland
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and in 1844 he married Margaret Bowman; they lived in Dysart where Charles was employed as a stone cutter and rock mason.
The family came from Liverpool
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to New Orleans by the January to March 1852 voyage of the ship ''Kennebec''; records show Duncans with first names Charles, Margaret, Isabell, Janet, another Margaret, were on board.
Works
* Osmyn and Emily Deuel House, 271 South 200 East Centerville, UT (Duncan, Charles, and Sons), NRHP-listed
* John, Harriet, and Eliza Jennett Duncan House (c.1873), 445 North 400 East Centerville, UT Duncan, Charles and John), NRHP-listed[ With ]
* Harris--Tingey House, 269 E. Center St. Centerville, UT Duncan, Charles), NRHP-listed[
* Kilbourn--Leak House, 170 North 200 East Centerville, UT Duncan, Charles, and Sons), NRHP-listed][
* B.H. Roberts Louisa Smith and Cecilia Dibble, 315 South 300 East Centerville, UT Duncan, Charles, and Sons), NRHP-listed][
*]William Henry and Mary Streeper House
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, 1020 N. Main St. Centerville, UT Duncan, Charles), NRHP-listed[
*]Thomas and Elizabeth Mills Whitaker House
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, 168 N. Main St. Centerville, UT Duncan, Charles, and Sons), NRHP-listed[
*]Young Men's Hall--Tingey House
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, 85 South 300 East Centerville, UT Duncan, Charles E., and Sons), NRHP-listed[
]
References
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American stonemasons
1823 births
1891 deaths
19th-century Scottish people
People from Utah