E. Stewart Williams

Emerson Stewart Williams, FAIA (November 15, 1909 – September 10, 2005) was a prolific Palm Springs, California-based architect whose distinctive modernist buildings, in the Mid-century modern style, significantly shaped the Coachella Valley's architectural landscape and legacy.

Harry Williams stayed on in the city afterward, opening his own architectural practice, which was later joined by E. Stewart's younger brother, Roger, also an architect.

In 1938, Williams traveled through northern Europe, where he met a Swedish woman, who he married two years later after a prolonged separation due to the war.

By 1943, E. Stewart Williams was involved in the building of ships at the Bechtel Marin County facility in Sausalito, California, followed by a stint at Mare Island in the San Francisco Bay with the Navy.

Having purchased a large lot in Palm Springs, the Edris' commissioned Williams as both the architect and the contractor for the job.

Williams' design was more sophisticated and integrated into its Colorado Desert habitat surroundings than the earlier Sinatra house.