Charles Insco Williams

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Insco Apartment Building
Sacred Heart Church (Dayton, Ohio)
Dayton YMCA building

Charles Insco Williams (December 12, 1853 - February 13, 1923) was an artist and architect in Dayton, Ohio.

Biography[]

He was born on December 12, 1853 to Mary Forman and John Insco Williams. His father seems to have been an accomplished painter.[1] At sixteen he moved with his parents to Cincinnati and graduated from the of Cincinnati, Ohio in 1870. He received "formal training" at of New York.[2]

Williams was employed in 1873 as a civil engineer on the Northern Pacific Railroad.[2] He later returned to Dayton and worked as an artist for seven years,[2] and worked in his brother-in-law William H Best's jewellery shop. Then he worked for John Rouzer Co., a lumber dealer for two years.[2]

Architectural career[]

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.[2]

Personal life[]

He married Susan Dorothy Boyer on June 26, 1879. She was the daughter of D.K. Boyer, and they had four sons: Howard Insco v, Louis Boyer Williams , Dick K. Williams, and Roger Williams.[2] He was part of the Masonry, Commandery, Consistory, and Mystic Shrine, as well as part of the Dayton City Club and Christ Episcopal Church.[2] According to a 1909 account of Dayton's history he exercised "his right of franchise in support of the Republican Party, manifesting intelligent appreciation of its sterling principles and the policy pursued in the management of government affairs."[2]

Projects in Dayton[]

  • Stivers Manual Training High School (1908) on east Fifth Street[2] (which became Stivers High School and is now Stivers School for the Arts) A National Register of Historic Places building
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  • Sacred Heart Church (1887) (still standing)[2] a three floor Romanesque Revival church with a limestone facade 37-45 South Wilkinson Street / 217 West Fourth Street[4][5]
  • Reibold Building () (1896) an 11-story building at 117 S. 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.[6]
  • Insco Apartment Building[2]
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  • YMCA building, Dayton, Ohio Fourth Street[2]
  • Jefferson Street[2]
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Other projects[]

References[]

  1. ^ [1] Artists in Ohio, 1787-1900: a biographical dictionary By Mary Sayre Haverstock, Jeannette Mahoney Vance...
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Augustus Waldo Drury History of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio, Volume 2 S.J. Clarke Publishing Company (Original from Harvard University, Digitized Jan 24, 2008)
  3. ^ Montgomery, Ohio National Register of Historic Places Listings
  4. ^ Sacred Heart Church Emporis
  5. ^ Sacred Heart Church (added 1987 - Building - #87001885) 217 W. Fourth St., Dayton Montgomery, Ohio National Register of Historic Places Listings
  6. ^ Reibold Building Emporis
  7. ^ "History". www.olivebranchschool.org. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
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