John "Jack" Oughton (September 18, 1876 – after 1940) was a skilled stonemason in
Lincoln County, Idaho.
[ (incomplete, omits building-specific passages)] A number of his works are listed on the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places
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.
Oughton was born in Ireland and immigrated to the United States in 1886. At the time of the
1910 United States Census
The 1910 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau on April 15, 1910, determined the resident population of the United States to be 92,228,496, an increase of 21 percent over the 76,212,168 persons enumerated during the 1900 census ...
, he was living in
Twin Falls, Idaho
Twin Falls is the county seat of and the largest city in Twin Falls County, Idaho, United States. The city had a population of 51,807 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. with Mary Oughton, age 16, and was employed as a mason. At the time of the
1920 United States Census he was living in
Shoshone, Idaho with fellow stonemason and partner Alexander Reed. At the time of the 1940 Census, he was still living in Shoshone and employed as a mason.
[Census entry for Jack Oughton, age 63, mason. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census atabase on-line Year: 1940; Census Place: Shoshone, Lincoln, Idaho; Roll: T627_750; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 32-6.]
Works
*
American Legion Hall, built in 1928, at 107 W. A St.,
Shoshone, Idaho (Oughton, Jack), NRHP-listed
[
* W. S. Kohl Barn, built in 1910, located northeast of Richfield Richfield, Idaho (Oughton, Jack), NRHP-listed][
* James H. Laine Barn, built in 1910, located south of Richfield, Idaho, (Oughton, Jack), NRHP-listed][
* W. H. Murphy House, built in 1928, at 607 S. Greenwood St., Shoshone, Idaho (Oughton, Jack), NRHP-listed][
* Jack Oughton House, built in 1931, at 123 N. Beverly St., Shoshone, Idaho (Oughton, Jack), NRHP-listed][
]
See also
* Ignacio Berriochoa, a contemporary stonemason, also in Lincoln County
* Bill Darrah, a contemporary stonemason, also in Lincoln County
* H. T. Pugh, a contemporary stonemason in Jerome County
References
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1876 births
19th-century Irish people
20th-century Irish people
American stonemasons
People from Twin Falls, Idaho
Irish emigrants to the United States
Year of death unknown
People from Shoshone, Idaho