Williams, Paul R., FAIA (Practice)

click to open gallery Postcard view of the Ambassador Hotel Lobby, Los Angeles, CA, 1916. From the author's collection, postcard by E.C. Kropp Company, Milwaukee, WI, Card #9805
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Ralph Augustine Vaughn, David Alexander Wallace, Paul Revere Williams

Active 1957-

Fellowship in the AIA was awarded in 1957; previous firm name was "Paul R. Williams, Architect and Consultant." The firm was also referred to as "Paul R. Williams and Associates" during the 1950s-1960s.

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Buildings and other works

NameDateCityState
1st African Methodist Episcopal Church #1, Pasadena, CAPasadenaCA
241 Rockingham Avenue House, Brentwood, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
2nd Baptist Church #2, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, CA 1919-1921Los AngelesCA
Angelus Funeral Home #2, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Cass, Louis, House, La Cañada Flintridge, CALa Cañada FlintridgeCA
Collins House, Hancock Park, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Cord, Evrett Lobban, House, Beverly Hills, CA1933Beverly HillsCA
Fedco Department Store, Pasadena, CAPasadenaCA
Founder's Church of Religious Science, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Fountain Court Restaurant, Hollywood, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Leistikow House, Hancock Park, Los Angeles, CA1923Los AngelesCA
Livingston Motor Car Company, Woodland Hills, CAWoodland HillsCA
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), Dacotah Street School, Los Angeles, CA1925-1927Los AngelesCA
Paley, Jay, House, Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, CA1935-1936Los AngelesCA
Perino's Restaurant #2, Los Angeles, CA1949Los AngelesCA
Rothman House, Hancock Park, Los Angeles, CA1926Los AngelesCA
Saint Jude Research Hospital for Children, Memphis, TN1962MemphisTN
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Botany Building, Westwood, Los Angeles, CA1956-1958Los AngelesCA
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Franz Hall, Westwood, Los Angeles, CALos AngelesCA
Watts Housing Development, Watts, Los Angeles, CA1941Los AngelesCA
Woodland Hills Honda Auto Dealership, Woodland Hills, CAWoodland HillsCA

Publications

Adams, Michael, "The Incomparable Success of Paul R. Williams", African American Architects in Current Practice, 20-21, 1992. American Architects Directory 1962, Second edition: 765, 1962. "Period Influence in the Modern House ", Architect and Engineer, 18-19, 1946-03. "Residence of Jay Paley, Beverly Hills", Architect and Engineer, 27-29, 1940-06. "View of unusual swimming pool at the Jay Paley residence, Bel-Air", Architectural Digest, 9: 4, 50, 1934. "Executone sound chosen by all 17 airlines at new Los Angeles International Airport", Architectural Forum, 14-15, 07/1962. "Cass, Louis, House, Flintridge", Architecture (Scribner's), 49: 3, 176, 3/1924. "Cord, Evrett Lobban, House, Beverly Hills, 6/1934", California Arts and Architecture, 19, 6/1934. "Cord, Evrett Lobban, House, Beverly Hills, 4/1934", California Arts and Architecture, 24-25, 4/1934. "Blacks Who Overcame the Odds", Ebony, 42: 148-154, 11/1986. Simms, James F., "Concrete Design with Expansive Cement", Journal of the American Institute of Architects, 46: 4, 82, 10/1966. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 190, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 128, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 190, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 317, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 190, 1994. "Paley, Jay, House and Swimming Pool", Los Angeles Magazine, 228, 1984-12. Levine, Bettijane, "A legacy restored", Los Angeles Times, E1, E4, 8/8/1999. "Architect Paul Williams honored for L.A. legacy", Los Angeles Times, B2, 3/1/1998. "A Forgotten Black Architect Who Designed Mansions for Movie Stars", Los Angeles Times, 07/23/1989. Regan, Michael J., Mansions of Los Angeles, 1965. "He Was (and Is) the Architect to the Stars", New York Times, C1, C6, 07/26/1990. "Views of Jay Paley Residence, Beverly Hills", Saturday Night, 22-23, 1937-11-20. Williams, Paul R., Small Home of Tomorrow, 1945. "Plans for Dacotah Street School, Los Angeles, 1925", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 53, col 1, 3/6/2005. "Plans for Dacotah Street School, Los Angeles", Southwest Builder & Contractor, 50, col 3, 7/4/1924. "Pueblo del Rio Housing Project plans", Southwest Builder and Contractor, 96, col 2, 07/05/1940. Regan, Michael J., Stars, Moguls, Magnates: the Mansions of Beverly Hills, 71-80, 1966. Henderson, Wesley Howard, Two Case Studies of African-American Architects' Careers in Los Angeles, 1890-1945: Paul R. Williams, FAIA and James H. Garrott, AIA, 1992. Kim, Queena sook, "Fate of Faded Ambassador Hotel Divides Korean Groups", Wall Street Journal, B1, B8, 01/08/2003.
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