Augustus Alwin Farnham (20 May 1805 – 2 May 1865[1]) was an architect in Utah and a Mormon missionary.[2]
Farnham was born May 20, 1805, in Andover, Massachusetts.[2] In 1843, Farnham converted to Mormonism. In 1845, he was ordained a Seventy and was called to a mission in Australia, arriving in Sydney in 1851. From 1853 to May 1856, he was the president of the mission[2] In October 1854, Farnham, William Cooke, and Thomas Holder traveled to Auckland and became the first missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in New Zealand.[3] The three preached in Auckland, Wellington, and Nelson, after which Farnham returned to Australia, leaving Cooke and Holder to continue preaching.[3]
Farnham's most important architectural work was the Bountiful Tabernacle, a Greek Revival monument, which was known worldwide.[2] This building, located at Main and Center Streets in Bountiful, Utah, is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
References
edit- ^ "Augustus Alwin Farnham". Utah Center for Architecture. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d Roberts, Allen D. (Summer 1976). "More of Utah's Unknown Pioneer Architects: Their Lives and Works" (PDF). Sunstone. 1 (3). Provo, Utah: 51. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
- ^ a b "Facts and Statistics: New Zealand", Newsroom, churchofjesuschrist.org.
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