| Don Carlos Young | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Church Architect | |
| 1887 – 1893 | |
| Called by | Wilford Woodruff |
| Predecessor | Truman O. Angell |
| End reason | Office dissolved |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joseph Don Carlos Young May 6, 1855 Salt Lake City, Utah Territory |
| Died | October 19, 1938 (aged 83) Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Resting place | Salt Lake City Cemetery 40°46′37.92″N 111°51′28.8″W / 40.7772000°N 111.858000°W |
| Alma mater | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of Deseret |
| Notable works | Architect for the Salt Lake Temple, Brigham Young Academy (Provo, Utah) and Bear Lake Tabernacle (Paris, Idaho) |
| Spouse(s) | Alice Naomi Dowden (1881) Marian Penelope Hardy (1887) |
| Parents | Brigham Young Emily Dow Partridge |
| Signature | |
 | |
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 dissolved (to be reinstated for a time in the mid 20th century), Young thereafter practiced privately with the LDS Church as a frequent client.[1] Young practiced as an architect, landscape architect and designer from 1879 to circa 1935. A preponderance of his work centered on church commissions, or commissions offered him by extended Young family members, or higher echelon church friends.
- ^ Westwood 1994, pp. 9, 47-49 and 77-79.