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, p. 14. was an architect in Portland, Oregon.
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 (NRHP).
Works include: Frank C. Barnes House, 3533 N.E. Klickitat Street, Portland, Oregon; NRHP-listed and Frank W. Fenton House, 434 N. Evans St., McMinnville, Oregon; NRHP-listed Rufus C. Holman House, (1913), 2116 S.W. Montgomery Drive, Portland, Oregon; NRHP-listed Clarissa McKeyes Inman House, 2884 N.W. Cumberland, Portland, Oregon; NRHP-listed Robert F. Lytle House, 1914 N.E. 22nd Ave., Portland, Oregon; NRHP-listed
See also David Williams (Alaska architect), who also has a number of NRHP-listed works
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