Charles Duncan (stonemason)

Charles Duncan (1823 – 1891) was a Scottish-born stonemason in Utah. He worked on his own and with sons, sometimes known as Charles Duncan and Sons, building numerous stone houses and culverts around Davis County, Utah, and he contributed to the construction of the Salt Lake Temple.

With son John Samuel Duncan, he built the John, Harriet, and Eliza Jennett Duncan House in Centerville, Utah around 1873. It is one of a number of his works listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Duncan helped build the Salt Lake Temple during the portion of its construction from 1863 to 1867.[1]

Duncan was born in 1823 in Dysart, Fifeshire, Scotland and in 1844 he married Margaret Bowman; they lived in Dysart where Charles was employed as a stone cutter and rock mason.

The family came from Liverpool to New Orleans by the January to March 1852 voyage of the ship Kennebec; records show Duncans with first names Charles, Margaret, Isabell, Janet, another Margaret, were on board.[2]

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  1. ^ a b Lisa M. Miller (March 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Duncan, John, Harriet, and Eliza Jennett, House". National Park Service. Retrieved 26 October 2019. With accompanying six photos from 1996
  2. ^ "Liverpool to New Orleans 10 Jan 1852 - 19 Mar 1852". Saints by Sea.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2 November 2013.