Obituary from the New Milford Times dated January 3, 1974:
"Edgar Irving Williams, 89, world-renouned architect, died Tuesday at his Indian Trail home.
Mr. Williams, who had summered in New Milford since 1931, made this his fulltime home four years ago.
He was born Oct. 5, 1884 in Rutherford, NJ, the son of the late William George and Raquel Helen Williams. He attended Chateau DeLancy, Geneva, Switzerland, Horace Mann School, New York and received a Bachelor of Science and Master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and also attended the American Academy in Rome.
He was assistant professor of architectural design at MIT for two years, and associate in architectural design at Columbia University for 25 years.
His professional credits are numerous: He was site planner for the Brussels World's Fair, a member of the architectural advisory panel on embassies and consular buildings with the state department, a member of the Board of Trustees for the Metropolitan Museum, a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, a Knight, First Class, Order of Vasa, Sweden, a Benjamin Franklin Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, England, and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects of which he also served once as president.
In additon to his architectural contributions to public buildings, both here and abroad, he also designed many private residences of great note.
Mr. Williams was one of the founders of the Merryall Community Center, He also served on the building committee for the John Pettibone School, was the architect for the new Historical Museum and designed the Water Witch Hose Company building.
He is survived by his wife, Hulda Gustafva Olson Williams; four daughters, Mrs. Jeffrey Ferris, New Milford, Mrs. Frederick Wackernagel, Montpelier, VT., Mrs. Edward C. Horn, Durham, NC and Mrs. James E. Koegel, Granite Springs, NY.
Private funeral services will be held Friday from his late residence at 2 p.m.. There are no calling hours."
∼Distinguished architect and the younger brother of celebrated poet William Carlos Williams, Edgar Williams designed churches, public libraries and municipal buildings, most notably the Donnell Library Center and the Cooper Hewitt Museum in Manhattan. His architectural renovations also include that of "Morven", the New Jersey gubanatorial mansion in Princeton. A graduate of MIT, Williams served as a non-combatant in WW I, taking on the directorship of the Red Cross in Italy from 1917-1919. He also taught architecture at Columbia University for 25 years. As youths in Rutherford the Williams brothers had been romantically linked with a pair of local sisters, Lotte and Flossie Herman. William Carlos Williams married Flossie in 1912, but when Edgar wed the following year, his bride was Hulda Gustafva Olsson. Better known during his lifetime than his now world famous brother, Edgar lived with him in the landmark Williams house in Rutherford, NJ, and the two men were often seen walking the local streets together until his brother's death in 1963.
"Edgar Irving Williams, 89, world-renouned architect, died Tuesday at his Indian Trail home.
Mr. Williams, who had summered in New Milford since 1931, made this his fulltime home four years ago.
He was born Oct. 5, 1884 in Rutherford, NJ, the son of the late William George and Raquel Helen Williams. He attended Chateau DeLancy, Geneva, Switzerland, Horace Mann School, New York and received a Bachelor of Science and Master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and also attended the American Academy in Rome.
He was assistant professor of architectural design at MIT for two years, and associate in architectural design at Columbia University for 25 years.
His professional credits are numerous: He was site planner for the Brussels World's Fair, a member of the architectural advisory panel on embassies and consular buildings with the state department, a member of the Board of Trustees for the Metropolitan Museum, a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, a Knight, First Class, Order of Vasa, Sweden, a Benjamin Franklin Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, England, and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects of which he also served once as president.
In additon to his architectural contributions to public buildings, both here and abroad, he also designed many private residences of great note.
Mr. Williams was one of the founders of the Merryall Community Center, He also served on the building committee for the John Pettibone School, was the architect for the new Historical Museum and designed the Water Witch Hose Company building.
He is survived by his wife, Hulda Gustafva Olson Williams; four daughters, Mrs. Jeffrey Ferris, New Milford, Mrs. Frederick Wackernagel, Montpelier, VT., Mrs. Edward C. Horn, Durham, NC and Mrs. James E. Koegel, Granite Springs, NY.
Private funeral services will be held Friday from his late residence at 2 p.m.. There are no calling hours."
∼Distinguished architect and the younger brother of celebrated poet William Carlos Williams, Edgar Williams designed churches, public libraries and municipal buildings, most notably the Donnell Library Center and the Cooper Hewitt Museum in Manhattan. His architectural renovations also include that of "Morven", the New Jersey gubanatorial mansion in Princeton. A graduate of MIT, Williams served as a non-combatant in WW I, taking on the directorship of the Red Cross in Italy from 1917-1919. He also taught architecture at Columbia University for 25 years. As youths in Rutherford the Williams brothers had been romantically linked with a pair of local sisters, Lotte and Flossie Herman. William Carlos Williams married Flossie in 1912, but when Edgar wed the following year, his bride was Hulda Gustafva Olsson. Better known during his lifetime than his now world famous brother, Edgar lived with him in the landmark Williams house in Rutherford, NJ, and the two men were often seen walking the local streets together until his brother's death in 1963.
Obituary from the New Milford Times dated January 3, 1974:
"Edgar Irving Williams, 89, world-renouned architect, died Tuesday at his Indian Trail home.
Mr. Williams, who had summered in New Milford since 1931, made this his fulltime home four years ago.
He was born Oct. 5, 1884 in Rutherford, NJ, the son of the late William George and Raquel Helen Williams. He attended Chateau DeLancy, Geneva, Switzerland, Horace Mann School, New York and received a Bachelor of Science and Master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and also attended the American Academy in Rome.
He was assistant professor of architectural design at MIT for two years, and associate in architectural design at Columbia University for 25 years.
His professional credits are numerous: He was site planner for the Brussels World's Fair, a member of the architectural advisory panel on embassies and consular buildings with the state department, a member of the Board of Trustees for the Metropolitan Museum, a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, a Knight, First Class, Order of Vasa, Sweden, a Benjamin Franklin Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, England, and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects of which he also served once as president.
In additon to his architectural contributions to public buildings, both here and abroad, he also designed many private residences of great note.
Mr. Williams was one of the founders of the Merryall Community Center, He also served on the building committee for the John Pettibone School, was the architect for the new Historical Museum and designed the Water Witch Hose Company building.
He is survived by his wife, Hulda Gustafva Olson Williams; four daughters, Mrs. Jeffrey Ferris, New Milford, Mrs. Frederick Wackernagel, Montpelier, VT., Mrs. Edward C. Horn, Durham, NC and Mrs. James E. Koegel, Granite Springs, NY.
Private funeral services will be held Friday from his late residence at 2 p.m.. There are no calling hours."
∼Distinguished architect and the younger brother of celebrated poet William Carlos Williams, Edgar Williams designed churches, public libraries and municipal buildings, most notably the Donnell Library Center and the Cooper Hewitt Museum in Manhattan. His architectural renovations also include that of "Morven", the New Jersey gubanatorial mansion in Princeton. A graduate of MIT, Williams served as a non-combatant in WW I, taking on the directorship of the Red Cross in Italy from 1917-1919. He also taught architecture at Columbia University for 25 years. As youths in Rutherford the Williams brothers had been romantically linked with a pair of local sisters, Lotte and Flossie Herman. William Carlos Williams married Flossie in 1912, but when Edgar wed the following year, his bride was Hulda Gustafva Olsson. Better known during his lifetime than his now world famous brother, Edgar lived with him in the landmark Williams house in Rutherford, NJ, and the two men were often seen walking the local streets together until his brother's death in 1963.
"Edgar Irving Williams, 89, world-renouned architect, died Tuesday at his Indian Trail home.
Mr. Williams, who had summered in New Milford since 1931, made this his fulltime home four years ago.
He was born Oct. 5, 1884 in Rutherford, NJ, the son of the late William George and Raquel Helen Williams. He attended Chateau DeLancy, Geneva, Switzerland, Horace Mann School, New York and received a Bachelor of Science and Master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and also attended the American Academy in Rome.
He was assistant professor of architectural design at MIT for two years, and associate in architectural design at Columbia University for 25 years.
His professional credits are numerous: He was site planner for the Brussels World's Fair, a member of the architectural advisory panel on embassies and consular buildings with the state department, a member of the Board of Trustees for the Metropolitan Museum, a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, a Knight, First Class, Order of Vasa, Sweden, a Benjamin Franklin Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, England, and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects of which he also served once as president.
In additon to his architectural contributions to public buildings, both here and abroad, he also designed many private residences of great note.
Mr. Williams was one of the founders of the Merryall Community Center, He also served on the building committee for the John Pettibone School, was the architect for the new Historical Museum and designed the Water Witch Hose Company building.
He is survived by his wife, Hulda Gustafva Olson Williams; four daughters, Mrs. Jeffrey Ferris, New Milford, Mrs. Frederick Wackernagel, Montpelier, VT., Mrs. Edward C. Horn, Durham, NC and Mrs. James E. Koegel, Granite Springs, NY.
Private funeral services will be held Friday from his late residence at 2 p.m.. There are no calling hours."
∼Distinguished architect and the younger brother of celebrated poet William Carlos Williams, Edgar Williams designed churches, public libraries and municipal buildings, most notably the Donnell Library Center and the Cooper Hewitt Museum in Manhattan. His architectural renovations also include that of "Morven", the New Jersey gubanatorial mansion in Princeton. A graduate of MIT, Williams served as a non-combatant in WW I, taking on the directorship of the Red Cross in Italy from 1917-1919. He also taught architecture at Columbia University for 25 years. As youths in Rutherford the Williams brothers had been romantically linked with a pair of local sisters, Lotte and Flossie Herman. William Carlos Williams married Flossie in 1912, but when Edgar wed the following year, his bride was Hulda Gustafva Olsson. Better known during his lifetime than his now world famous brother, Edgar lived with him in the landmark Williams house in Rutherford, NJ, and the two men were often seen walking the local streets together until his brother's death in 1963.
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