Warren Heywood Williams

Warren Heywood Williams (1844 in New York City – January 1888) was an American architect, who spent most of his career working in the U.S. state of Oregon. Starting in 1860, he apprenticed in San Francisco as a draftsman at the architectural firm of his father, Stephen H. Williams, and Henry W. Cleaveland.[1] Warren Heywood Williams and his wife, Christina (c. 1847–1929),[2] had two sons who became architects, Warren Franklin Williams (died 1917) and David Lochead Williams (born September 2, 1866).

Warren Heywood Williams
Born	1844 New York, New York
Died	January 1888
Nationality	American
Occupation	Architect
Practice	Warren Heywood Williams & Justus Krumbein; Warren Heywood Williams & E.M. Burton

Williams worked as an architect from 1869 to 1887.[1] He worked with his father in the firm then named S.H. Williams & Son, while the elder and younger Williams were both living in San Francisco. In January 1873, Warren Williams moved with his wife and three children to Portland, Oregon. From then until mid-1874, he was partners in an architecture firm with E.M. Burton. Subsequently, Williams partnered with Justus Krumbein from 1875 to 1878.[1] Williams was an architect of cast-iron buildings in the United States and Canada.

Williams died of pneumonia in January 1888.[1]

Works

Building	Year Completed	Builder	Style	Location	Image
S.E. Young home[1]	1800s	Warren Heywood Williams	Queen Anne Style	Albany, Oregon
Masonic Temple	1800s	Warren Heywood Williams	[[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States|Queen Anne Style]	Eugene, Oregon
Merchants' Hotel	1880	Warren Heywood Williams	Second Empire	Portland, Oregon
Calvary Presbyterian Church (The Old Church)[3]	1882	Warren Heywood Williams & builder W. F. Lewis	High Victorian Gothic Carpenter Gothic	Portland, Oregon
Morris Marks House	1882	Warren Heywood Williams	Italianate Cast Iron - Commercial	Portland, Oregon
Deady and Villard Halls, University of Oregon[4]	1885	Warren Heywood Williams	Second Empire	University of Oregon Eugene, Oregon
Grand Stable and Carriage Building	1887	Warren Heywood Williams	Carpenter Gothic	Portland, Oregon
Flavel Block	1887-8 (Destroyed 1922)[5]	George Flavel	Victorian	Astoria, Oregon
Temple Beth Israel, Portland	1889	Warren Heywood Williams	Moorish Byzantine	Portland, Oregon
Craigdarroch Castle[6]	1890	Warren Heywood Williams & Arthur L. Smith	Victorian-era Châteauesque	Victoria, British Columbia

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Southwest Portland, Oregon

References

1. Fitzsimons, Eileen. "Warren H. Williams (1844-1888)". The Oregon Encyclopedia. Portland State University. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
2. "Christina F. Williams" (obituary). The Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon), September 5, 1929, p. 12.
3. Lawrence, William C., III. "The Old Church". The Oregon Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 21, 2013.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
4. Guide to the John C. Pratt Collection of Warren Heywood Williams Architectural Drawings 1887-1958 http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv28058
5. The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon), 19 Aug. 1887. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn96061150/1887-08-19/ed-1/seq-3/>
6. Pound, Richard W. (2005). Fitzhenry and Whiteside Book of Canadian Facts and Dates. Fitzhenry and Whiteside. ISBN 978-1550411713.