Warren Heywood Williams (1844-1888) trained as an architect in San Francisco and based his architectural practice in Portland, Oregon. He designed two notable buildings in Victoria, B.C.: the Bank of British Columbia (now the Bard & Banker Pub) at 1022 Government Street, and Craigdarroch Castle.
![1022 Government Street, built in 1885 for the Bank of British Columbia by Portland, Oregon architect Warren H. Williams, who also designed Craigdarroch Castle.](http://www.victoriaonlinesightseeing.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Government_Street-1022-VictoriaOnlineSightseeing-598-1662x1108.jpg)
1022 Government Street, built in 1885 for the Bank of British Columbia by Portland, Oregon architect Warren H. Williams, who also designed Craigdarroch Castle.
![Decorative architectural detail on 1022 Government Street, built in 1885 by architect Warren H. Williams, who also designed Craigdarroch Castle.](http://www.victoriaonlinesightseeing.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Government_Street-1022-detail-VictoriaOnlineSightseeing-582-1662x1046.jpg)
Decorative architectural detail on 1022 Government Street, built in 1885 by architect Warren H. Williams, who also designed Craigdarroch Castle.
![Decorative architectural detail on 1022 Government Street, built in 1885 by architect Warren H. Williams, who also designed Craigdarroch Castle.](http://www.victoriaonlinesightseeing.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Government_Street-1022-detail-VictoriaOnlineSightseeing-581-1662x1531.jpg)
Decorative architectural detail on 1022 Government Street, built in 1885 by architect Warren H. Williams, who also designed Craigdarroch Castle.
![Craigdarroch Castle, west facade.](http://www.victoriaonlinesightseeing.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Craigdarroch_Castle-VictoriaOnlineSightseeing-1619-1662x1162-1.jpg)
Craigdarroch Castle, west facade.
For more information on Warren Heywood Williams, see:
- Architecture of Portland, Oregon – Wikipedia
- Warren Heywood Williams – Wikipedia
- Oregon Encyclopedia (note:PDF)
- Vintage Portland
We also recommend Building The West: Early Architects of British Columbia, edited by Donald Luxton as an additional source of information on William Heywood Williams and other late 19th and early 20th century B.C. architects.
![Book cover, Building The West: Early Architects of British Columbia, edited by Donald Luxton](http://www.victoriaonlinesightseeing.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Building_The_West-Donald_Luxton-victoriasightseeing-1662x2193.jpg)
Book cover, Building The West: Early Architects of British Columbia, edited by Donald Luxton
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