Georgius Young Cannon (March 6, 1892 – March 29, 1987) was a 20th-century architect in the American West who operated principally out of

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. Cannon trained at the

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(MIT), graduating in 1918. He then joined the army and later returned to Utah to intern with the architectural firm Ware & Treganza and Cannon & Fetzer. He served two missions to Germany for

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(LDS Church). For a time, Cannon moved to

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and worked as the office manager of his MIT schoolmate

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. He later returned to Utah and designed numerous buildings, mostly residences, and some of which remain on the

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. Among his works were meetinghouses of the LDS Church and other civic buildings. Cannon served on a church-appointed board of six architects that oversaw the construction of the

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Personal life

Cannon was the youngest of 32 children born to LDS Church leader

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. His mother, Caroline Young Cannon, was a daughter of

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. He was the half-brother to another architect, Lewis T. Cannon. Georgius was orphaned at age 11. He married Phyllis Winder and they had a daughter born in 1930, Dorothy Winder Cannon Webb (Allen Paul Webb). Grandchildren - Douglas Cannon Webb, Terrill Phyllis Webb Helander, Lawrence Scott Webb.

List of works

*Glendale Ward Meetinghouse *Federal Heights Ward Meetinghouse *Arlington Ward Chapel (4375 Jackson Street, Riverside, California) *Layton 3rd Ward Chapel *Layton 8th Ward Chapel *Springville Carnegie Library (1922) *Sigma Chi Fraternity House *

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listed *

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(restoration) *

listed *Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bullen (1435 Circle Way, Salt Lake City, Utah) (1930) *Alterations to Residence for Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Moyle (1918 Lakewood Drive, Cottonwood Utah) *Residence for Dr. and Mrs. Spencer Wright (Salt Lake City, Utah) (1936) *Residence for Mr. and Mrs. Julian M. Bamberger (1525 Penrose, Salt Lake City, Utah)(1936) *Architectural Drawings for Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Werker, (Toluca Lake, CA.) ( 1937; 1940) *Residence for Dr. and Mrs. Weldell J. Thompson (Ogden, Utah) (1949) *Residence for Mr. and Mrs. Eastman Hatch (1435 Circle Way, Salt Lake City, Utah) (1932-1953) *Residence for Duke and Jan Cranney (342 Crestwood Rd, Kaysville, Utah) (1956)/Mayor Brit Howard and Interior and Architectural Designer Link Konizeski(1989) *Governor's Residence (Virginia St. and Fairfax Ave., (Salt Lake City, Utah)(1958) *Residence for Mr. and Mrs. Ira B. Sharp (1152 Bonneville Dr., Salt Lake City, Utah)(1962-1964) *Residence for Mr. and Mrs. J. Alma Burrows (970 East Capitol Blvd., Salt Lake City, Utah)(1962-1972) *Residence for Mrs. Stanford Stark (746 16th Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah)(1962) *Residence for Mr. and Mrs. Wallace L. Bransford (Cottonwood Circle, Lot #2)(1962-1963) *Residence for Mr. and Mrs. George T. Stromm (1190 Oak Hills Way, Salt Lake City, Utah) (1965) *Residence for John and Marylin Dahlstrom Residence, (Salt Lake City, Utah)(1972-1975)

References

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