Ramm Hansen (July 22, 1879 – December 30, 1971) was an early to mid-20th-century Norwegian-born, American architect. Hans Leonard Ramm Hansen was born at

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, Norway. Hansen graduated cum laude from the Royal Academy of Art and Architecture in Oslo, Norway. In 1901 he moved to Salt Lake City and became a draftsman for

Richard K.A. Kletting Richard Karl August Kletting (July 1, 1858 – September 25, 1943) was an influential architect in Utah. He designed many well-known buildings, including the Utah State Capitol, the Enos Wall Mansion (which now houses the Thomas S. Monson Center), ...

. Soon after, he partnered with different architects, including Cannon & Fetzer, who he designed the Park Building at the

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. In 1916, he an entered a partnership which lasted into the 1950s with Don Carlos Young, Jr. (1882-1960), son of prominent architect

Don Carlos Young Joseph Don Carlos Young (May 6, 1855 – October 19, 1938) was an American architect and the Church Architect for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1887 until 1893. In 1893, the office of Church Architect was dissol ...

. His best-known existing works are the Mesa Arizona Temple,

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, and the Washington Chapel (now operated by the Unification Church at 2810 Sixteenth Street in Washington D.C.). Hansen served on a board of six architects for

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(LDS Church) which oversaw the design of the

. Hansen designed numerous other civic buildings and churches for LDS Church, some of which are listed on the U.S.

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Images of works

File:The Park Building at the University of Utah.jpg, Park Building (1914)*

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listed in

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File:Mesa Temple.jpg, Mesa Arizona Temple (1927) File:Idaho Falls Temple.jpg,

(1945) File:Lund Hall USU.jpeg,

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(1937)*

listed

Other selected works

*Washington Chapel (1933) 2810 Sixteenth St., Washington D.C (Currently the Unification Church) *

Riverton 2nd Ward Meetinghouse Riverton is the name of several places: ;In Australia: *Riverton, South Australia, a small town and former railway junction in the mid north of South Australia *Riverton, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia **Electoral district o ...

listed as part of the Riverton Historic District *

American Fork 2nd Ward Meetinghouse American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...

(1929 addition) *

listed pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/92000101.pdf *Federal Reserve Bank (demolished) *

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(1910; demolished 1963)

References

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