![]() ![]() Known as an outstanding draftsman, he perfected the skill of rendering drawings "upside down." This skill was developed so that his clients (who may have been uncomfortable sitting next to a black architect) could see the drawings rendered right side up across the table from him. Williams won an architectural competition at age 25 and three years later opened his own office. (born and died June 30, 1925, buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles) Marilyn Frances Williams (born December 25, 1926) and Norma Lucille Williams (born September 18, 1928). They had three children: Paul Revere Williams, Jr. He married Della Mae Givens on June 27, 1917, at the First AME Church in Los Angeles. Williams became a certified architect in 1921, and the first certified African American architect west of the Mississippi. He went on to attend the University of Southern California, School of Engineering designing several residential buildings while still a student there. ![]() He studied at the Los Angeles School of Art and Design and at the Los Angeles branch of the New York Beaux-Arts Institute of Design Atelier, subsequently working as a landscape architect. Orphaned at the age of four, Williams was the only African American student in his elementary school. He also designed many public and private buildings. He practiced largely in Southern California and designed the homes of numerous stars including Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball/Desi Arnaz, Lon Chaney, and Charles Correll. Project in the list.Paul Revere Williams, FAIA (Febru– January 23, 1980) was a Los Angeles-based, American architect. Marker will reveal additional information about that particular building as well as highlight that Hovering over any of the markers on the map will display the name of the project and clicking a The markers displayed in the map are color-coded to match the sub-category filters. Results can be further refined by checking or unchecking the colored boxes next to each Whether the display of projects will be categorized based on building use or client type. ![]() They can move the time sliders to select a specific time range of interest and choose Users can filter what they see expressed in the timeline and map in multiple ways. Table list shows the markers filtered by timeline selections. In the timeline, and interactions in the timeline can filter map markers by date and type. Map markers are colored by the types shown Of projects, clustered by location and project type. The tool consists of a map, showing the global locations The PRW Career Mapper is an interactive visualization tool that shows the timespan and locations In African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, edited by Dreck Spurlock Wilson.ġ865-1945, 447-452. The following are published sources used to create the project list: For the sake of consistency, we have chosen to date projects according to completion of construction. Best efforts were taken to reconcile discrepancies between project names and dates though there may be errors. A combination of published and unpublished sources were cross-referenced to create the project list for this site. There is no single comprehensive list of Paul Revere Williams’ projects. ![]() How was the database of projects compiled? ![]()
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