William H. Weeks was a California architect who designed several buildings in San Luis Obispo County.

List of buildings attributed to Weeks:

  • First three buildings of the California Polytechnic School: Administration Building, Boys Dormitory, Domestic Science Building, and first power house. (1903-1906)
  • San Luis Obispo Carnegie Public Library, 1906 (Now the San Luis Obispo History Center) 1, 2
  • San Luis Obispo High School, 1906 3
  • Leroy B. Smith House,  Mill and Essex, San Luis Obispo, 1905 4
  • J. Crocker residence, 793 Buchon, San Luis Obispo, 1902 5
  • J. C. Naylor residence, 785 Buchon, San Luis Obispo, 1902 (also known as the Manuel Marshall house and the Dixon House)6
  • Dr. W. Stover, San Luis Obispo, 1903,7
  • Bath house for Paso Robles Hotel, 1903, 8
  • Paso Robles Carnegie Public Library, 190813
  • Tognini & Ghezzi building, 1906, Cayucos, possibly the first reinforced concrete building in CA outside of SF?9, 12
  • Nipomo School House, reinforced concrete, Humphrey, 1910 10
  • San Luis Sanitarium, W. M. Stover, Marsh and Toro (1160 Marsh, later known as French Hospital), 191111

See also:

  • Lynne Landwehr, History in San Luis Obispo County, https://www.historyinslocounty.org/William%20Weeks%20Part%202.htm

Citations:

1. Morning Tribune, Volume XXXV, Number 152, 11 November 1904

2. https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SLOMT19040513.2.48&srpos=28&e=-------en--20-SLOMT%2cSLODT%2cSLOTW-21-byDA-txt-txIN-%22w.+h.+weeks%22-------1

3. https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SLOMT19050711.2.47&srpos=54&e=-------en--20-SLOMT%2cSLODT%2cSLOTW-41-byDA-txt-txIN-%22w.+h.+weeks%22-------1

4. https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SLOMT19051101.2.55&srpos=86&e=-------en--20-SLOMT%2cSLODT%2cSLOTW-81-byDA-txt-txIN-%22w.+h.+weeks%22-------1

5.  (note that at the time of the article, the street was identified as Chorro) https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SLOMT19051112.2.62&srpos=87&e=-------en--20-SLOMT%2cSLODT%2cSLOTW-81-byDA-txt-txIN-%22w.+h.+weeks%22-------1

6. https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SLOMT19020427.2.20&srpos=2&e=-------en--20-SLOMT%2cSLODT%2cSLOTW-1-byDA-txt-txIN-%22w.+h.+weeks%22-------1

7. https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SLOMT19030822.2.32&srpos=21&e=-------en--20-SLOMT%2cSLODT%2cSLOTW-21-byDA-txt-txIN-%22w.+h.+weeks%22-------1

8. https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SLOMT19030813.2.29&srpos=19&e=-------en--20-SLOMT%2cSLODT%2cSLOTW-1-byDA-txt-txIN-%22w.+h.+weeks%22-------1

9. https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SLOMT19060913.2.7.1&srpos=134&e=-------en--20-SLOMT%2cSLODT%2cSLOTW-121-byDA-txt-txIN-%22w.+h.+weeks%22-------1

10. https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SLOMT19101225.2.27.22&srpos=154&e=-------en--20-SLOMT%2cSLODT%2cSLOTW-141-byDA-txt-txIN-%22w.+h.+weeks%22-------1

11.  https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SLOMT19110412.2.6&srpos=155&e=-------en--20-SLOMT%2cSLODT%2cSLOTW-141-byDA-txt-txIN-%22w.+h.+weeks%22-------1

12. Morning Tribune, 27 June 1906

13. San Luis Obispo Daily Telegram, July 8, 1907

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