Skip to the content
VALÉORINE London
Designer

Gordon W. Lloyd

Lloyd (April 6, 1832 – December 23, 1904) was an English-born architect who practiced mainly in the American Midwest from the late 1850s through the 1890s. Trained under his uncle, the prominent church architect Ewan Christian, Lloyd opened an office in Detroit in 1858 and became especially active designing Episcopal churches while also producing major commercial and residential commissions. Representative works include the Trinity Cathedral (1872) in Pittsburgh, the Wright–Kay Building (1891) in Detroit, and the David Whitney House (1894).

In this articleReferencesBrowse the field

Gordon W. Lloyd

Gordon W. Lloyd, Traverse, Building 50

Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Name
Gordon W Lloyd
Born
April 6, 1832
Birthplace
Cambridge, England
Died
December 23, 1904 (aged 72)
Place of death
San Francisco, California
Occupation
Architect
Nationality
United States
Known for
Christ Church Detroit

VALÉORINE Encyclopedia

VALÉORINE documentary reading

Documentary summary

Lloyd (April 6, 1832 – December 23, 1904) was an English-born architect who practiced mainly in the American Midwest from the late 1850s through the 1890s. Trained under his uncle, the prominent church architect Ewan Christian, Lloyd opened an office in Detroit in 1858 and became especially active designing Episcopal churches while also producing major commercial and residential commissions. Representative works include the Trinity Cathedral (1872) in Pittsburgh, the Wright–Kay Building (1891) in Detroit, and the David Whitney House (1894).

Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE

Reference Check

Propose documentary evidence for Gordon W. Lloyd. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.

Sign in to contribute

World of VALÉORINE

Documentary connections

Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.

Documentary evidence

Documentary basis

Authority files

wikidata · Q5585946 · wikipedia · Gordon W. Lloyd

In this article

  1. 01Biography
  2. 02Notes, references and evidence

The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.

Elsewhere in Design

11,558 published records in this field, each with its sources named.

Best supported in this field

Read the complete design index

For owners

Own a work by Gordon W. Lloyd?

A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.

Request a valuationHow selling works