Herbert Nathaniel Davis (20 December 1867 – 14 March 1900) was an Australian architect responsible for designing a number of the extant heritage buildings in Fremantle, Western Australia.
[2][7] His mother Frances (Fanny) Matilda Lazarus of London[4] raised Herbert and his elder brother Edward Davis, and suffered a number of miscarriages between the births of the two boys.
Davis married Miriam Louise "May" Levine in August 1894 and, a little over a year later, their daughter, Gladys Elizabeth "Poppy", was born in Fremantle.
[17] Davis only had one grandchild, Hewitt Ian, who died in Bombay in March 1920 at two days old.
[19][20] In addition to a number of villas and cottages in places such as Cottesloe Beach[21] and on Beach Street,[22] Davis' portfolio included: After briefly setting up business in 1892[2] in the Swan Chambers building in Hay Street in the Perth CBD, Davis moved to Fremantle where he was to have a successful career, albeit one that lasted little more than a decade.