David L. Williams (architect)

{{short description|American architect}}

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{{cite encyclopedia|last=Fitzsimons|first=Eileen|title=Warren H. Williams (1844-1888)|encyclopedia=The Oregon Encyclopedia|publisher=Portland State University|url=http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/williams_warren_h_1844_1888_/ |accessdate=August 22, 2013}} or 1875.

David Williams "was trained by his father and, when given free {{Sic|re|ign}}, as in the Mediterranean mansion of 1912 for lumberman Robert F. Lytle, he produced quite lavish eclectic work in the Beaux Arts tradition."{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=91000147}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rufus C. Holman House |author=William J. Hawkins |date=March 10, 1990 |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NRHP url|id=91000147|title=accompanying photos|photos=y}} 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).{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

Works include:

• Frank C. Barnes House, 3533 N.E. Klickitat Street, Portland, Oregon; NRHP-listed{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=83002166}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Frank C. Barnes House / Barnes Mansion |author=John M. Tess |date=March 31, 1983 |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NRHP url|id=83002166|title=accompanying photos|photos=y}}
• 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