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{{short description|American architect}}
'''Reuben Broadbent''' (December 23, 1817 in [[Kexby, Lincolnshire]], [[England]] – May 20, 1909) was a pioneer [[architect]] in [[Utah]] and a member of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church).
==History==
Raised [[Anglicanism|Episcopalian]], he learned carpentry from his father. After converting to the LDS Church in 1849, he emigrated to America with his wife Harriet Otter on the 1851 ship Ellen.<ref>[https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/overlandtravel/pioneers/55563/reuben-broadbent "Reuben Broadbent"], ''Churchofjesuschrist.org'', Retrieved on 22 March 2020.</ref> He lived in [[St. Louis, Missouri]] for some time before settling in [[Farmington, Utah]].
Among his works are the [[Farmington Rock Chapel]] and the [[Bowman-Chamberlain House]] which are listed on the U.S. [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>Roberts, Allen D. [https://www.sunstonemagazine.com/pdf/003-42-56.pdf "More of Utah's Unknown Pioneer Architects: Their Lives and Works"], ''[[Sunstone (magazine)|Sunstone]]'', Summer 1976. Retrieved on 22 March 2020.</ref>
==See also==
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13059607/reuben-broadbent Reuben Broadbent] at Findagrave.com
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