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Train & Williams was an architecture partnership in Los Angeles, California. A major contributor to the Arts and Crafts movement, several of the firm's works are listed as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments and/or in the National Register of Historic Places.

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Partners

Robert Farquhar Train

Robert Farquhar Train
Born(1869-12-04)December 4, 1869
DiedJanuary 10, 1951(1951-01-10) (aged 81)
Education University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
OccupationArchitect
PracticeHoward & Train (1894-1901)
Howard, Train & Williams (1901-1903)
Train & Williams (1903-1926+)

Robert Farquhar Train was born in 1869 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England to John Farquhar Train, a commercial traveler, and Elizabeth (Hood) Train. John died in 1872 and Elizabeth in 1883. Robert had one older brother, and also grew up living with two aunts and one servant. [1] [2]

Train immigrated to the United States in 1884, first living in Illinois and Nebraska, then in Denver and Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he worked as a draughtsman. He studied architectural engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he helped design the World's Columbian Exposition. [2]

Train moved to Los Angeles in 1894, where he started a partnership with G. A. Howard Jr. [2] Train became a naturalized citizen in 1895 and in 1897, he married Vera May Creeth. [1]

According to Los Angeles voter rolls, Train was six feet tall, had blue eyes and light-colored hair, and was a lifelong Republican. [1]

Robert Edmund Williams

Robert Edmund Williams
Born(1874-01-16)January 16, 1874
Died1960(1960-00-00) (aged 85–86)
OccupationArchitect
PracticeHoward, Train & Williams (1901-1903)
Train & Williams (1903-1926+)

Robert Edmund Williams was born in 1874 in Hespeler, Ontario, Canada to William Williams, a clergyman, and Mary Burman Williams. Robert moved to Los Angeles, California in 1895, one year after his brother and four years before his parents. [2]

Robert married Annie Pierce, year unknown, and by 1930 he was married to Jean K. Williams. Robert and Jean had one daughter, born in 1925. [2] Robert died in Tustin, Orange County, California in 1960. [3]

Partnership

In 1894, Train partnered with G. A. Howard Jr. [2] Williams joined in 1901 and Howard left two years later, resulting in the partnership Train & Williams. Train & Williams was located in the Rindge Building on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles. In 1910, Train & Williams opened a branch office in Taft, California. [4] The partnership is considered one of the major contributors to the Arts and Crafts movement. [5]

Selected works

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Holmes-Shannon House

Train and Williams's most notable works were done during their partnership. These works include:

Los Angeles

Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments

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Judson Studios

Other

  • Conservative Life Insurance Company Office Building (with Howard) (1901-1902) [11]
  • First Congregational Church (1902), [2] demolished early 1930s [12]
  • Allen House (1902) [13]
  • Los Angeles Furniture Company Building (1904) [2]
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Victor Clothing Company Building

Elsewhere in California

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First National Bank of Long Beach

Train also designed Bell High School in Bell, California, in 1925. [1]

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