William Whidden was born on February 10, 1857, in
Boston, Massachusetts. He was raised there and graduated from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked at the firm
McKim, Mead and White from at least 1882 until 1888; projects included the Tacoma and Portland Hotels per wiki MM&W page 1–2011; then travelled to Portland, Oregon, in 1883 to work on the
Portland Hotel. and had two sons. ==Whidden & Lewis==