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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). ''
The Oregonian ''The Oregonian'' is a daily newspaper based in Portland, Oregon, United States, owned by Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the U.S. west coast, founded as a weekly by Thomas J. Dryer on December 4, 18 ...
'', p. 14. was an architect in
Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populou ...
. 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.
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...
(NRHP). Works include: *
Frank C. Barnes House The Frank C. Barnes House, also known as the Barnes Mansion, is a house located in northeast Portland, Oregon, Portland, Oregon, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Author Beverly Cleary called the house "ha ...
, 3533 N.E. Klickitat Street,
Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populou ...
; NRHP-listed and * Frank W. Fenton House, 434 N. Evans St.,
McMinnville, Oregon McMinnville is the county seat of and largest city in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. The city is named after McMinnville, Tennessee. As of the 2019 census, the city had a population estimate of 34,743. McMinnville is at the confluence o ...
; NRHP-listed * Rufus C. Holman House, (1913), 2116 S.W. Montgomery Drive,
Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populou ...
; NRHP-listed * Clarissa McKeyes Inman House, 2884 N.W. Cumberland,
Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populou ...
; NRHP-listed * Robert F. Lytle House, 1914 N.E. 22nd Ave.,
Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populou ...
; NRHP-listed


See also

* David Williams (Alaska architect), who also has a number of NRHP-listed works


References

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