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William J. Bain (27 March 1896 – 22 January 1985) was an American architect and a founder of the architecture firm Naramore Bain Brady and Johanson the predecessor to today’s NBBJ. Bain was born in New Westminster British Columbia. His family moved to Seattle while he was still young. Bain expressed an interest in architecture and his father a contractor helped him get a job with Seattle architect Walter R. B.