William Ward (September 2, 1827 in

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– January 13, 1893 in

Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

) was an

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, artist, and builder. Born in England, he converted to

Mormonism Mormonism is the religious tradition and theology of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationist Christianity started by Joseph Smith in Western New York in the 1820s and 1830s. As a label, Mormonism has been applied to various aspects of t ...

and emigrated to Utah in 1850. While there, he carved Utah's block of limestone for the

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. In 1856, he moved to

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, and continued to live in the Midwest until returning to Utah in 1888. He died of lung fever in 1893, shortly after his wife succumbed to pneumonia. A couple of his works are listed on the U.S.

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Works

Gallery

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, 667 E. 1st South

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listed File:LionHouse.jpg,

Brigham Young Complex The Brigham Young Complex is a collection of buildings historically associated with the second President and leader of the LDS Church Brigham Young, on East South Temple in the center of Salt Lake City, Utah. The complex, the surviving part of a ...

, 63–67 E. South Temple St.

listed

References

1827 births Converts to Mormonism English emigrants to the United States 1893 deaths Architects of Latter Day Saint religious buildings and structures Architects from Utah Architects from Leicester 19th-century American architects {{US-architect-stub