David Oliver Whilldin (April 8, 1881 – January 18, 1970) was an architect in
Alabama. Several of the buildings he designed are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places, including his office building the
Whilldin Building. His designs include
Legion Field and schools in the
Birmingham City Schools
Birmingham City Schools is a public school district that serves the US city of Birmingham, Alabama. It is the fourth-largest school system in Alabama behind Mobile County Public School System, Jefferson County School System, and Montgomery Pu ...
district.
Whilldin was born in
Philadelphia. He studied at
Drexel Institute
Drexel University is a private research university with its main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Drexel's undergraduate school was founded in 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel, a financier and philanthropist. Founded as Drexel Institute of Art, S ...
and the
University of Pennsylvania.
[
He retired in 1962.][
A pen and ink drawing he did of Independence Hall in Philadelphia is in the Birmingham Museum of Art's collection.
]
Works
*Old Ensley High School
Ensley High School, located in the Ensley neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama (United States), was founded in 1901 to serve the then-independent community of Ensley, which was centered on major plants operated by U.S. Steel and the American Cas ...
building (1908)
* National Bank of Attalla (1913) in Etowah County, Alabama on the corner of North Third Street and 5th Avenue[
*Gadsden Country Club (1919)
*]Hueytown High School
Hueytown High School is a four-year public high school in the Birmingham, Alabama suburb of Hueytown. It is one of fourteen high schools in the Jefferson County School System. Hueytown competes in AHSAA Class 6A athletics. According to the websi ...
(1921)[Minute books, Jefferson County Board of Education (1918-1922)]
* Whilldin Building (1924), Birmingham, Alabama, NRHP-listed[
* West End Masonic Temple (1926), Birmingham, Alabama, NRHP-listed][
* Legion Field (1927)
*]Thomas Jefferson Hotel
Thomas Jefferson Tower, originally the Thomas Jefferson Hotel and then the Cabana Hotel, is a 19-story building on the western side of downtown Birmingham, Alabama. It was completed in 1929 as the 350-room Thomas Jefferson Hotel and is at 1623 2nd ...
(1929)[
*]Bama Theatre
The Bama Theatre is a historic theatre in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that currently serves as the city's performing arts center. Its modern redevelopment is the result of cooperation between the Arts Council of Tuscaloosa and the Tuscaloosa County Park ...
(1937), Tuscaloosa, Alabama, NRHP-listed[
* Reich Hotel in Gadsden, Alabama][
* Pitman Theatre in Gadsden, Alabama][
*Tuscaloosa City Hall][
* Dr. Pepper Syrup Plant, Birmingham, Alabama, NRHP-listed][
*]Pratt School
Pratt is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
A–F
* Abner Pratt (1801–1863), American diplomat, jurist, politician, lawyer
* Al Pratt (baseball) (1847–1937), American baseball player
* Andy Pratt (baseball) (born 1 ...
, Birmingham, Alabama, NRHP-listed[
*American National Bank in Gadsden][
*One or more works in Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama, NRHP-listed][
*One or more works in ]Anderson Place Historic District
The Anderson Place Historic District, in Birmingham, Alabama, is a residential historic district (United States), historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, and the listing was expanded in 1991. The ...
, Birmingham, NRHP-listed[
*One or more works in ]Woodlawn Highlands Historic District Woodlawn may refer to:
* ''Woodlawn'' (film), a 2015 film
*St John's College, Woodlawn, a school in New South Wales, Australia
Populated places Australia
* Woodlawn, Queensland, a neighbourhood in Moola, Western Downs region
Canada
* Woodlawn, N ...
, Birmingham, Alabama, NRHP-listed[
]
References
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1881 births
1970 deaths
20th-century American architects
Architects from Philadelphia
Architects from Alabama
People from Birmingham, Alabama
Drexel University alumni
University of Pennsylvania alumni