Background
He was born on December 12, 1853 to Mary Forman and John Insco Williams. His father seems to have been an accomplished painter.
He was born on December 12, 1853 to Mary Forman and John Insco Williams. His father seems to have been an accomplished painter.
At sixteen he moved with his parents to Cincinnati and graduated from the Chickering Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio in 1870.
He received "formal training" at Troy Polytechnic School of New New York Williams was employed in 1873 as a civil engineer on the Northern Pacific Railroad. Then he worked for John Rouzer Company, a lumber dealer for two years.
He opened his own architectural office in 1882, becoming "one of the most prominent representatives of this calling not only in Dayton, but in the state.
Stivers Manual Training High School (1908) on east Fifth Street (which became Stivers High School and is now Stivers School for the Arts) A National Register of Historic Places building
Algonquin Hotel, Dayton, Ohio
Sacred Heart Church (1887) (still standing) a three floor Romanesque Revival church with a limestone facade 37-45 South Wilkinson Street / 217 West Fourth Street
Reibold Building (Elder Dry Goods Store) (1896) an 11-story building at 117 South. Main Street 155 that was the tallest building in the city when it was built. Albert Pretzinger"s Peters Burns and Pretzinger firm is also credited as an architect of the building.
101-121 South Main Street. The building was renovated in 2002 and is used as a government office.
Insco Apartment Building
Bellevue Apartment House
Young Men’s Christian Association building, Dayton, Ohio Fourth Street
Trinity Reformed Church Jefferson Street
Dayton City Club
Callahan Bank Building
Two school houses in Riverdale
School building in North Dayton
Olive Branch High School in New Carlisle.