Hewitt C. Wells

Hewitt C. Wells (1915 - October 2, 1989) was an American architect. He designed buildings in San Francisco, California and Nevada, including the National Register of Historic Places-listed Washoe County Library in Reno.

Life Wells was born in 1915 in Washington, D.C. He was educated at Choate Rosemary Hall, and he graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor's degree in 1938 and a master's degree in 1940. He served in the United States Navy on board the during World War II, earning three battle stars. He relocated to Reno, Nevada in 1960, where he designed several government buildings, including an addition to the Washoe County Courthouse. He was eulogized by Nevada Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Clifton Young at a memorial service held in Reno on October 30, 1989.