Draftsman, Hunt and Chambers, Architects, Pasadena, CA, 1931-1936; Designer, Roland E. Coate, Architect, Pasadena, CA, 1936-1939; Principal, Paul Robinson Hunter, Architect, Los Angeles, CA, 1941-1957; Partner, Hunter and Benedict, Architects, Los Angeles, CA, 1957-19??;

Hunter joined the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1942. When surveyed in 1955, Hunter indicated that he was a registered architect in AZ and CA. Secretary, Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, 1944; Director, Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, 1946-1947; President, Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, 1956; Chairman, American Institute of Architects Chapter Affairs Committee, 1958-1959;

Hunter named a Fellow, American Institute of Architects, 1960, for Service to the Institute.

Coursework, University of California, Los Angeles, 1924-1926; B.Arch., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1926-1931;

Elected to Tau Sigma Delta. Member, Architectural Society, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 1929;

Born in Buffalo, IL, Hunter lived in Mechanicsburg, IL, in 1910, another very small town in Sangamon County, on the outskirts of Springfield, IL. His family had moved to Redlands, CA, by 1920, when Paul was 13. They resided on Palm Avenue here, where they owned a house. Guy Hunter raised oranges as did his immediate neighbors. Hunter resided for a long period in Los Angeles, CA; his last residence was in the 77077 zip code of Houston, Harris County, TX.

His father, Guy L. Hunter worked in 1910 as a farmer in Mechanicsburg, IL. Guy's parents both had come from IL. His mother was Clara C. Hunter, a homemaker. Her father was Irish, her mother was born in PA. Guy and Clara had four children living at home in 1910: Clarence L. (born c. 1895 in IL), Keith C. (born c. 1897 in IL), Eugenia E. (born c. 1904 in IL) and Paul, the youngest.

Hunter married a woman named Houston.

One son, Paul Robinson Hunter, Jr., was born 11/30/1933 in Los Angeles, CA, and died in the same city, 12/13/1985.

SSN: 550-03-4039. Robinson and Reichardt co-wrote the 1939 review of residential architecture in Southern California, entitled, appropriately enough, Residential Architecture in Southern California (Los Angeles: Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects).

• Buffalo, IL (Architect's Birth)
  Buffalo, IL

  ---

  OpenStreetMap (new tab)

  Google Map (new tab)

  

  ---