WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
RICHARD R. "DICK" KOHLER
(architect and historian)
BIOGRAPHY
Richard R. Kohler is an architect/historian who served as president of the Washington County Historical Society from 2011 through 2018. He received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Utah and a Master of Architecture from the University of Hawaii, completing postgraduate studies at Harvard University. Richard and his wife, Jennifer, are involved with the DOCUTAH film festival held each September in St. George, Utah.Richard is the author of a number of community planning studies. His most recent books are "St. George: Outpost of Civilization" published in 2011 celebrating the sesquicentennial of the founding of St. George by Mormon Colonists in 1861 and "The Town Lot: A Little Piece of Zion" published in 2013 and funded in part by a grant from Dixie State College and the Center for Education, Business and the Arts
Richard Kohler's architectural practice www.kohler-architecture.com is geographically and technically diverse ranging from Park City, Utah to Las Vegas, Nevada. He has designed custom homes, lodging, resorts, resort communities, shops, shopping centers, city halls, county courthouses, schools, churches, parks, trails, pavilions, even chicken coops. Energy, water, landscape conservation together with historic preservation have shaped his unique approach to the art of design.
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Historic Ditches of Rockville, UtahBy Richard R. Kohler, July 2010
The Santa Clara Bench Canal
By Richard R. Kohler, 2010
St. George: Outpost of Civilization, A Sesquicentennial History
Book by Richrd R. Kohler, 2011
A Little Piece of Zion: The St. George Town Lot - A Practical History
Book by Richrd R. Kohler, 2013
The Historic Art of Southern Utah
Book by Richrd R. Kohler
Redeeming the West: A History of the Scientific Approach
A presentation to the Dixie State University Colleagues on April 1, 2013
By Richard R. Kohler
History of Water Conservation Utah and the West
By Richard R. Kohler, 2013
St. Thomas, Nevada
By Richard R. Kohler, May 2014
Shivwitz Reservation, Shem Smelter, Santa Clara Bench Canal, and Winsor Dam
By Richard R. Kohler, 2014
La Verkin Hydro Electric
By Richard R. Kohler, November 21, 2015
Quarry Blurbs
Notes about the history of the area around the St. George Sandstone Quarry
By Richard R. Kohler, February 2015 and September 2017
Arrowhead Trail in St. George
By Richard R. Kohler, November 17, 2018
St. George Tabernacle
By Richard R. Kohler, February 8, 2019
Virgin Water: Below the Confluence
By Richard R. Kohler
Barclay: San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad
By Richard R. Kohler
Cotton Canal Water 1879-1898
By Richard R. Kohler
A 72-minute video lecture given at Silver Reef on July 28, 2018
Why is Yucca Brevifolia called Joshua Tree
By Richard R. Kohler
For his discussion of this at the Utah State Historical Society 68th Annual Conference
in September of 2020, click here.
The Pioneer Courthouse: Governing and Civilizing during the Territorial Period
By Richard R. Kohler
Pine Valley Field Trip Notes
Handout at the 9/17/2022 WCHS Field Trip
By Richard R. Kohler, September 17, 2022
Leeds Field Trip Notes
Handout at the 10/15/2022 WCHS Field Trip
By Richard R. Kohler, October 15, 2022
Rockville Field Trip Notes
Handout at the 11/19/2023 WCHS Field Trip
By Richard R. Kohler, November 19, 2022
Gunlock, Shem, Ivins Reservoir Blurb
Handout at the 2/18/2023 WCHS Field Trip
By Richard R. Kohler, February 18, 2023
Virgin, Duncan's Retreat, Corrals Blurb
Handout at the 3/25/2023 WCHS Field Trip
By Richard R. Kohler, March 25, 2023
Grafton Field Trip Notes
Handout at the 4/22/2023 WCHS Field Trip
By Richard R. Kohler, April 22, 2023
Pinto Field Trip Notes
Handout at the 7/15/2023 WCHS Field Trip
By Richard R. Kohler, July 14, 2023
History of Grazing Blurb
Handout at the 8/24/2023 WCHS Field Trip
By Richard R. Kohler, August 24, 2023
Taylor Grazing Act and the New Deal
Handout at the 8/24/2023 WCHS Field Trip
By Richard R. Kohler, August 24, 2023
Toquerville Kane County Seat
Handout at the 9/30/2023 WCHS Field Trip
By Richard R. Kohler, September 30, 2023
John Conrad Naegle, 1825-1899
Handout at the 9/30/2023 WCHS Field Trip
By Richard R. Kohler, September 30, 2023