Résumé

Principal, W. Lacy, San Francisco, CA, c. 1857.

Principal, W. Lacy, Architect, Los Angeles, CA, c. 1875. A note in the Los Angeles Herald, 05/28/1875, stated: "Mr. W. Lacy, the architect, has returned from San Francisco and will receive bids for building the First National Gold Bank at the Lafayette Hotel this morning at 8:30 o'clock." (See "Local Brevities,"Los Angeles Herald, vol. 4, no. 54, 05/28/1875, p. 3.)

Professional Awards

Lacy won a first place award in an exhibition held at San Francisco's Mechanic's Institute in 10/1857 in "Section XXII, Lithographs, Architecural Drawings, and Penmanship." The San Francisco firm of Clark and Kenitzer, the designers of California's State Capitol, came in second. (See "Awards pf the Mechanics' Institute," Daily Alta California, vol. 9, n0. 165, 10/03/1857, p. 1.)