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Copper Country Architects

William Pryor

by Scott Hager

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William Pryor (1869-1899), a Copper Country native, is known to have designed only one building here.

Biography

Pryor was born December 27, 1869.1 After becoming an architect, he resided with his father, James Pryor, on Main Street, which is now College Ave, four houses east of Franklin Avenue, in Houghton, until 1896.2 In 1897 William Pryor lived with his brother, Reginald C. Pryor, a civil engineer who lived at the southeast corner of Ruby and Pearl Streets in Houghton.3

Besides his designs for Grace Methodist, the only other architectural venture Pryor is known to have undertaken was in 1898, when he submitted plans for a village hall and engine house to Hancock. His plans were rejected because they were incomplete.4 Pryor died at the age of 29 on April 4, 1899.5

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