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David Lochead Williams (November 2, 1866 – September 28, 1937)"Dave L. Williams, Famed Architect: Portland Mourns Passing of Leading Citizen" (October 2, 1937). ''
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'', p. 14. was an architect in
Portland, Oregon Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, ...
. His father was Warren H. Williams, a leading early architect of Portland. Born in San Francisco in 1866, David Williams moved to Portland with his parents and two siblings in either 1873 or 1875. David Williams "was trained by his father and, when given free , as in the Mediterranean mansion of 1912 for lumberman Robert F. Lytle, he produced quite lavish eclectic work in the Beaux Arts tradition." and He began working in his father's architectural firm in 1883, upon graduating from high school, and "was engaged in this profession almost continuously" until retiring in 1934 because of illness. A number of his works are listed on the U.S.
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(NRHP). Works include: * Frank C. Barnes House, 3533 N.E. Klickitat Street,
Portland, Oregon Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, ...
; NRHP-listed and * Frank W. Fenton House, 434 N. Evans St.,
McMinnville, Oregon McMinnville is the county seat of and the most populous city in Yamhill County, Oregon, Yamhill County, Oregon, United States at the base of the Oregon Coast Range. The city is named after McMinnville, Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States cens ...
; NRHP-listed * Rufus C. Holman House, (1913), 2116 S.W. Montgomery Drive,
Portland, Oregon Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, ...
; NRHP-listed * Clarissa McKeyes Inman House, 2884 N.W. Cumberland,
Portland, Oregon Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, ...
; NRHP-listed * Robert F. Lytle House, 1914 N.E. 22nd Ave.,
Portland, Oregon Portland ( ) is the List of cities in Oregon, most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, ...
; NRHP-listed


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David Williams (Alaska architect) David Williams was an American architect and community planner. He worked in the Washington, D.C. office of Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). Early in his professional career he worked in Tampico, Mexico for Gulf Oil as a civil e ...
, who also has a number of NRHP-listed works


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1866 births 1937 deaths Architects from San Francisco Architects from Portland, Oregon 19th-century American architects 20th-century American architects {{US-architect-19C-stub