Henry Monheim (18241893) was an American architect who was one of the first "Gentile" (non-Mormon) architects practicing in Salt Lake City, Utah. and Monheim served as the first president of Utah's first professional architectural association, the Salt Lake City Institute of Architects. He was associated briefly with architects George Washington Bird (1854-1950; from Wichita, Kansas) and William Thomas Proudfoot (1860-1928; also of Wichita) in several works credited to Monheim, Bird & Proudfoot. These works, during just 1892 and 1893, were several buildings in Salt Lake City which provided entree into Salt Lake City for

Proudfoot & Bird Proudfoot & Bird was an American architectural firm that designed many buildings throughout the Midwest region of the United States. Originally established in 1882, it remains active through its several successors, and since 2017 has been known as ...

. Before and after this partnership ended by Monheim's death in 1893, Proudfoot & Bird became much more well-known and was much more influential.Note: A study of the works of "Proudfoot & Bird, et al." is said to refer to various firms all excluding Monheim's name, specifically it is said to refer "to the combination of architectural firms that were responsible for the firm's work: Proudfoot & Bird, Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson, Proudfoot, Rawson & Souers, Proudfoot, Rawson, Souers & Thomas, and Proudfoot, Rawson, Brooks & Borg."So, Monheim seems not to have been a principal member of the Proudfoot & Bird empire. Several of Monheim's works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Monheim's works include (with attribution): * Best-Cannon House, 1146 S. 900 East, Salt Lake City (Monheim, Bird & Proudfoot), NRHP-listed *

Emanuel Kahn House The Emanuel Kahn House, at 678 E. South Temple St. in Salt Lake City, Utah, is a Queen Anne house that was built in 1889. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It is significant for its association with Emanuel K ...

, 678 E. South Temple St., Salt Lake City, (Monheim, Henry), NRHP-listed *Carriage house (1872) of what is now the Alfred W. McCune Mansion (designed by another architect), 200 N. Main St., Salt Lake City, (Monheim, Henry), NRHP-listed * Salt Lake City and County Building, 451 Washington Sq., Salt Lake City, (Proudfoot, Bird & Monheim), NRHP-listed

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1824 births 1893 deaths Architects from Salt Lake City 19th-century American architects {{US-architect-stub