David Williams was an American architect and community planner. He worked in the

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office of

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(FERA). Early in his professional career he worked in

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for Gulf Oil as a civil engineer. He designed a building for prefabrication that was widely used by Gulf and other oil companies. In 1935, he met with President

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, who was "fascinated" with David's ideas. A number of his works are listed on the U.S.

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. Works include: * Berry House, 5805 N. Farm Loop Rd.,

Palmer, Alaska Palmer (Ahtna: ''Nił'etse'it'aade'' or ''Nuutah''; Dena'ina: ''Denal'i Kena'') is a city in and the borough seat of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States, located northeast of Anchorage on the Glenn Highway in the Matanuska ...

(Williams, David), NRHP-listed *

Bailey Colony Farm The Bailey Colony Farm, also known as the Estelle Farm, is a historic Matanuska Colony farmstead that dates from 1935. It is located along the Glenn Highway near Palmer, Alaska in Matanuska-Susitna Borough. It was part of a New Deal program open ...

, 3150 N. Glenn Hwy.,

(Williams, David), NRHP-listed * Herried House, 4400 N. Palmer-Fishook Hwy.,

(Williams, David), NRHP-listed *

Matanuska Colony Community Center The Matanuska Colony Community Center, also Palmer Historic District, is a cluster of buildings near the center of Palmer, Alaska that were the centerpiece of the Depression-era Matanuska Valley Colony. This federal rural resettlement program wa ...

, roughly bounded by S. Colony, E. Firewood, S. Eklutua, E. Elmwood, S. Denali and a line N of properties on E. Dahlia,

(Williams, David), NRHP-listed *

Patten Colony Farm The Patten Colony Farm is a historic farm property in Palmer, Alaska. It is located near milepost 39.9 on the Glenn Highway, and is a relatively complete instance of a farmstead established in the 1930s as part of the Matanuska Valley Colony in ...

, Mi. 39.9 Glenn Hwy., across from State Fairground,

(Williams, David), NRHP-listed

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