# Taylor Woolley
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'''Taylor A. Woolley''' (October 10, 1884 - February 2, 1965) was an American [architect](/source/architect) of the [Prairie School](/source/Prairie_School) modern architectural style.
==Early life==
Woolley was born on October 10, 1884, to Taylor Harrar Woolley and Caroline L. Ahlstrom in [Salt Lake City](/source/Salt_Lake_City). Early in life, Woolley had an interest in building and construction, which led him to pursue a career in architecture.
==Training==
Woolley received early professional training from the [International Correspondence Schools](/source/International_Correspondence_Schools) and at the Salt Lake City architecture firm [Ware & Treganza](/source/Ware_%26_Treganza).[{{Citation |last= Goss |first= Peter L. |contribution= The Architectural Profession in Utah |contribution-url= http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/a/Architectural_Profession_in_Utah.html |editor-last= Powell |editor-first= Allan Kent |year= 1994 |title= Utah History Encyclopedia |location= Salt Lake City, Utah |publisher= [University of Utah Press](/source/University_of_Utah_Press) |isbn= 0874804256 |oclc= 30473917 |access-date= 2013-10-30 |archive-date= 2017-01-13 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170113125453/http://www.uen.org/utah_history_encyclopedia/a/Architectural_Profession_in_Utah.html |url-status= dead }}] He later continued his studies at the [Chicago Art Institute](/source/School_of_the_Art_Institute_of_Chicago). Woolley then worked as a draftsman to [Frank Lloyd Wright](/source/Frank_Lloyd_Wright) in Prairie School architecture. Beginning 1909, Woolley traveled with Wright to [Florence](/source/Florence) and [Fiesole, Italy](/source/Fiesole%2C_Italy) to work with Wright's son [Lloyd Wright](/source/Lloyd_Wright) on the [Wasmuth Portfolio](/source/Wasmuth_Portfolio), Wright's first published collection architectural drawings.[The Utah Woolley Family by Preston W. Parkinson{{full citation needed|date=November 2012}}][{{Cite web|url=http://www.slmodern.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Taylor-Woolley-info-sheet.pdf|title = Preservation Utah - Salt Lake Modern Homes Tour}}] He also worked for Wright in the [Oak Park studio](/source/Frank_Lloyd_Wright_Home_and_Studio), and worked in the early stages on the famed [Taliesin I](/source/Taliesin_I).
==Career in Utah==
Woolley was licensed as an architect in Utah in 1910, though he continued to work on commissions from Wright and other firms in Chicago. After returning to Utah he established a firm with his brother-in-law [Clifford Percy Evans](/source/Clifford_Percy_Evans) and [Miles Miller](/source/Miles_Miller) between 1917-1922.[{{Cite web|url=http://content.lib.utah.edu/u?/ushs-twpc,63|title = Taylor Woolley with Partners | Taylor Woolley Photograph Collection}}] His works in Utah and throughout the west include [meetinghouse](/source/meetinghouse)s for the [LDS Church](/source/LDS_Church), apartment buildings ([Belvedere Apartments](/source/Belvedere_Apartments_(Salt_Lake_City))) and private residences, and landscape architectural projects. The Prairie School style is exemplified in his [William W. Ray house](/source/William_W._Ray_house) and other homes on Yale Avenue in Salt Lake City.[{{Cite web|url=http://www.prairieschooltraveler.com/html/ut/ut.html|title = The Prairie School Traveler - Utah}}] Woolley served as [State architect](/source/State_architect) for the State of Utah from 1933-1941. One of Woolley's last works was serving as supervising architect for construction and landscaping at [This Is the Place Heritage Monument](/source/This_Is_the_Place_Heritage_Monument). He retired in 1950 having served as [State architect](/source/State_architect) for the State of Utah from 1933-1941 and in the presidency of the Salt Lake Chapter of the [American Institute of Architects](/source/American_Institute_of_Architects).[{{Cite web|url=http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv65252|title = Archives West: Taylor A. Woolley papers, 1836-1976}}]
==Death==
Woolley died on February 2, 1965, in his long-time home. He was 80 years old. He is buried next to his wife, Dorrit Evans, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
== Works ==
===Meetinghouses===
*Yale Ward (1925)
*[Garden Park Ward](/source/Garden_Park_Ward) (1939)
*Salt Lake 13th Ward
*Preston, Idaho 3rd Ward
*University Ward (Seattle)
===Residences===
*Samuel Jackson House (1911)
*William J. Salmon House (1912)
*Alboroni H. Woolley House (1914)
*[Andrew Jensen House](/source/Andrew_Jensen_House) (1915)
*John Jensen House (1915)
*[William W. Ray House](/source/William_W._Ray_House) (1916)
*Bernard Stewart Residence
===Landscape architecture===
*Salt Lake City Cemetery Gate (1915)
*[Memory Grove Park](/source/Memory_Grove_Park)
*Gates to Wasatch Lawn
*Gilmer Park Neighborhood's curving streets
*[This Is the Place Monument](/source/This_Is_the_Place_Monument) (1947)
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://collections.lib.utah.edu/search?q=uum_tawp/ Taylor A. Woolley Papers] at [https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ University of Utah Digital Library], [https://lib.utah.edu/collections/special-collections/ Marriott Library Special Collections]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200606174348/https://collections.lib.utah.edu/search?facet_setname_s=%22dha_twpc%22&q=Taliesin Taylor Woolley's photographs of Taliesin I at the Utah Historical Society]
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Category:Architects from Salt Lake City
Category:20th-century American architects
Category:Architects of Latter Day Saint religious buildings and structures
Category:Prairie School architects
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