David O. Whilldin
{{Short description|American architect}}
David Oliver Whilldin (April 8, 1881 – January 18, 1970) was an American architect in Alabama.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/8595637|title=From BeauxArts to Modernism: The Alabama Architecture of D.O. Whilldin, 1881-1970|first=Thomas Mark|last=Shelby|via=www.academia.edu}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.emporis.com/companies/128565/david-oliver-whilldin-birmingham-al-usa|title=David Oliver Whilldin | Companies | EMPORIS|website=Emporis}}{{dead link|date=August 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Several of the buildings he designed are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including his office building the Whilldin Building. His designs include Legion Field and schools in the Birmingham City Schools district.
Whilldin was born in Philadelphia. He studied at Drexel Institute and the University of Pennsylvania.
A pen and ink drawing he did of Independence Hall in Philadelphia is in the Birmingham Museum of Art's collection.{{Cite web|url=https://artsbma.org/collection/independence-hall-philadelphia/|title=Independence Hall, Philadelphia | Birmingham Museum of Art|website=artsbma.org|date=25 August 2023 }}
Works
- Old Ensley High School building (1908)
- National Bank of Attalla (1913) in Etowah County, Alabama on the corner of North Third Street and 5th Avenue
- Gadsden Country Club (1919)
- Hueytown High School (1921)Minute books, Jefferson County Board of Education (1918-1922)
- Whilldin Building (1924), Birmingham, Alabama, NRHP-listed
- West End Masonic Temple (1926), Birmingham, Alabama, NRHP-listed
- Legion Field (1927)
- Thomas Jefferson Hotel (1929){{Cite web|url=https://alarchitecture.ua.edu/thomas-jefferson-hotel-a-citys-crowning-gem/|title=Thomas Jefferson Hotel – A City's Crowning Gem – Alabama Architecture|website=alarchitecture.ua.edu}}
- West End High School (Birmingham, Alabama) (1930) with Warren, Knight and Davis{{cn|date=June 2019}}
- Pizitz Department Store (1930) at 311 Broad Street in Gadsden
- Bama Theatre (1937), Tuscaloosa, Alabama, NRHP-listed
- Reich Hotel in Gadsden, Alabama
- Pitman Theatre in Gadsden, Alabama{{Cite web|url=https://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20090426/News/603222030|title=Whilldin: Architectural icon|first=Mike GoodsonTimes|last=Correspondent|website=Gadsden Times}}
- Several elementary schools in Gadsden and a junior high school
- Tuscaloosa City Hall
- Dr. Pepper Syrup Plant, Birmingham, Alabama, NRHP-listed{{NRISref|version=2013a}}
- Ideal Department Store Building, Birmingham, Alabama, NRHP-listed
- Pratt School, Birmingham, Alabama, NRHP-listed
- American National Bank in Gadsden
- One or more works in Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama, NRHP-listed
- One or more works in Anderson Place Historic District, Birmingham, NRHP-listed
- One or more works in Woodlawn Highlands Historic District, Birmingham, Alabama, NRHP-listed
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Category:20th-century American architects
Category:Architects from Philadelphia
Category:Architects from Alabama
Category:People from Birmingham, Alabama