[1] Whidden returned to Boston, but came back to Portland in 1887 to finish the hotel.
He married Alice Wygant, great-granddaughter of John McLoughlin, in 1884[2] and had two sons.
In 1889, Ion Lewis and Whidden formed a professional architectural firm in Portland.
[3] The Whidden–Kerr House and Garden, which was William Whidden's residence from 1901 until 1911, is also listed on the National Register.
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