Background
Truman O. Angell was born in 1950.
Truman O. Angell was born in 1950.
Mr. Angell and his associate, Williard Ward, are credited with the design and erection of the earliest buildings in Salt Lake City. During the period between 1850 and 1855, Mr. Angell became architect to Brigham Young and built for him the so-called Beehive House, a two-story mansion of the Greek Revival type, also erected the two-story adobe Empey house at 180 East South Temple Street. As to the famous Mormon Temole, under construction for over forty years, one authoritative source credits the design to Angell and Ward, while another gives the name of William Folsom as an architect. In addition to work in Salt Lake City, Mr. Angell is said to have prepared plans for the first Capitol building in the state, but the structure, begun in 1855 at Filmore, Utah, was never completed.