Fred L. Markham

Fred L. Markham

Fred L. Markham (born 1902) was an American architect in the early 20th century who designed movie theatres and many buildings on the campus of Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah.

Biography

Markham was born in Spanish Fork, Utah. His family moved to Provo in 1911 and in that year he began to study at the Brigham Young University Training School. He graduate from Brigham Young High School in 1919 and from Brigham Young University in 1923. He majored in math with a minor in chemistry.

Markham then went on to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he received a degree in architecture.

Markham designed the Joseph Smith Memorial Building on BYU Campus and also designed Arch Theatre in Spanish Fork, Utah and the Huish Theatres in Riverton, Utah and Payson, Utah.

Markham latter designed serveral other buildings on BYU campus. These include the Eyring Science Center, Knight Magnum Building, Herald R. Clark Building, David O. McKay Building, LaVell Edwards Stadium, Wilkinson Student Center, Thomas L. Martin Building, John A. Widtsoe Building, James E. Talmadge Math and Computer Engineering Building and many other buildings. Several of these were in collaboration with other architects.

Markham also designed the Student Union Buildings at Snow College, Utah State University and the University of Utah. He designed the Scera Theatre in Orem, Utah.

Markham designed the Ogden Stake Tabernacle, the Provo 3rd Ward Building, the Salt Lake Monument Park Ward Building, Provo High School and several other buildings.

Markham also served as the first president of the Utah Heritage Foundation. [http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/USHS_Class&CISOPTR=2527&CISOBOX=1&REC=7]

Notes

References

* Black, Susan Easton and Charles D. Tate Jr., "Joseph Smith: The Prophet, the Man" (Provo: BYU Religious Studies Center, n. d.) p. xli
* http://cinematreasures.org/architect/328/
* http://www.byhigh.org/Alumni_K_to_O/Markham-FredL/FLM.html


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