Career
He designed hundreds of houses and other buildings. Allen, a native of Northampton, Massachusetts, moved to New Haven around 1867 or 1868 and spent most of his adult life there. The building, erected in 1914, prominently faces the New Haven Green.
Many others are contributing buildings in New Haven"s NRHP-listed Whitney Avenue Historic District and other historic districts.
Works include (with attribution):
Fyler-Hotchkiss Estate, 192 Main Saint Torrington, Connecticut (Allen,William H), NRHP-listed
New Haven County Courthouse, 121 Elm Saint New Haven, Connecticut (Allen and Williams), NRHP-listed
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad general office building, permitted 1892, "a marvelous edifice", demolished.
