In 2019, the college proposed demolishing Williams House to build the parking lot for a new 50-room conference hotel, open to the public, to the objection of residents and community members.

[5][6] In 1910, President Taylor said that the college required an apartment house that "would give the women of our faculty an independence and a freedom from the constant calls of student life.

"[1] Harriet Trumbull Williams of Vassar's class of 1870 donated $100,000 for this purpose, saying she "wished to contribute to the welfare of women.

No group of professional workers seem to be more worthy of recognition through increased comfort in living conditions than those who have faithfully served Vassar College as professors and instructors".

[8] While in July 2020, Vassar's President Bradley announced that Williams would be demolished by "early October",[9] the required zoning and planning permissions have not been granted as of December 2020.