William Allen

William Robert Allen (January 1, 1849 – October 11, 1928 ) was an early 20th-century architect in Utah. His most important work, the Davis County Courthouse, is no longer extant, yet a number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

He nearly monopolized architecture in Davis County, and was irritated to find others' works. He criticized another's work as a "It has a Queen Anne front and a jackass behind". John R. Barnes House (1869), Kaysville, NRHP-listed Kaysville Presbyterian Church (1887), Kaysville Kaysville Academy (1888) Kaysville City Hall (1889), Kaysville Farmer's Union Building (1890), Layton, Utah, NRHP-listed Governor Henry Blood House (c.1896), Kaysville, NRHP-listed George W. Layton House (1897), Layton, NRHP-listed John Henry Layton House (1898), Layton, NRHP-listed Davis County Courthouse (1899), Farmington, Utah Thomas J. and Amanda N. Smith House (1901), Kaysville, NRHP-listed First National Bank of Layton (1905), Layton, NRHP-listed Kaysville Tabernacle (1912), Kaysville Kaysville Elementary School (1918), Kaysville

Barnes Block, Kaysville Hyrum Stuart Residence, Kaysville William Allen Residence, Kaysville Farmington C&M Company, Farmington

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