WILLIAMS, William (1836-1918) was active in St. Marys, Ont. from c. 1880 to 1890 and was credited with introducing the Italianate style to the Perth County region. Born in London, England in 1836, he emigrated to Canada in 1869 but no information can be found on his early education or training either in England or in Ontario. By 1880 he was residing in St. Marys, near London, Ont. where he is noted as 'the architect' of several distinctive commercial and residential buildings there. After 1890 he relocated to Toronto and appears to have abandoned the profession. Williams died there on 21 June 1918 (death notice Daily Mail & Empire [Toronto], 22 June 1918; obit St. Marys Journal, 27 June 1918; inf. Larry R. Pfaff, Toronto)
(works in St. Marys)
QUEEN STREET, drug store for Sidney Fraleigh, 1883 (St. Marys Argus, 7 June 1883)
ST. MARYS HOTEL, Queen Street at Church Street, for J.J. Sully, 1883-84 (St. Marys Argus, 14 June 1883; L.W. Wilson & L.R. Pfaff, Early St. Marys, 1981, Item 30, illus. & descrip.)
QUEEN STREET EAST, at Wellington Street, retail store for William Andrews, 1884 (St. Marys Argus, 30 Oct. 1884; L.W. Wilson & L.R. Pfaff, Early St. Marys, 1981, Item 31, illus. & descrip.)
CHURCH STREET BRIDGE, traversing Trout Creek at Church Street, 1884 (St. Marys Town Council, Minutes of the Meeting, 25 April 1884)
JONES STREET EAST, 'Ercildoune', a residence for Henry L. Rice, 1885 (L.W. Wilson & L.R. Pfaff, Early St. Marys, 1981, Item 29, illus. & descrip.)
ST. JAMES ANGLICAN CHURCH, Church Street, enlargement and alterations, with addition of a tower and chancel, 1886 (Historical Sketch of the Parish of St. James Anglican Church, St. Marys, 1921, 5)
ELGIN STREET, residence for Alfred H. Lofft, 1886 (St. Marys Argus, 15 April 1886)
QUEEN STREET EAST, residence for Sindey Fraleigh, 1886 (L.W. Wilson & L.R. Pfaff, Early St. Marys, 1981, Item 33, illus. & descrip.)