Paul Revere Williams
Black American Architect
February 18, 1894-January 23, 1980
based in Southern California Paul designed hundreds of buildings in a range of styles including Spanish Revival and Modern that have come to define the L.A. landscape. His buildings include, Golden State Mutual Life Insurance, Al Jolson memorial shrine, 28th Street YMCA, Nickerson Gardens, the theme building at LAX and also the Beverly Hills Hotel which sports his signature which when designed he could not stay or sit by the pool.
