As a result of his design for Reno's First Church of Christ, Scientist, Williams received a commission for this building, which is dramatically different from the church. While in Reno working on the church, he met Anna Frandsen Loomis, who was impressed with his architectural skills and asked him to design an apartment building on the site of her home. Williams created a white, U-shaped complex facing the Truckee River. On smooth stuccoed walls, stringcourses emphasize horizontality, as do steel-frame casement windows arranged in bands and wrapping around the building's sharp corners. Semicircular canopies mark the entrances, and glass-block windows reveal the location of the stairwells. This complex and the Christian Science church display Williams's mastery of a variety of styles, an accomplishment that contributed to his long and successful career.