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PAUL REVERE WILLIAMS, FAIA (1894-1980)
Williams was born in Los Angeles CA to parents who moved from Memphis TN. Williams was two years old when his father died and four when his mother died. Williams and his brother were placed in separate foster homes. Williams was the only Black child in his elementary school. At Polytechnic High School a teacher advised him against pursuing a career in architecture because white clients would not want a Black architect - and there were not enough Black clients who could afford an architect. He persevered and worked for Wilbur Cook, Reginald Johnson, Arthur Kelly, and John C. Austin. He became the first Black graduate from USC in 1919. He was appointed to the LA Planning commission in 1920 and was licensed as a California architect in 1921. Williams opened his own practice on the side in 1922 and became the first Black member of the national AIA in 1923.
In 1933, he became an associate of the DC-based Hilyard Robinson firm and was licensed to practice in NY and DC. In 1941, after the Pearl Harbor attack by the Japanese in Hawaii, Williams decided to close his LA office and work solo. From 1939-1940, architect A. Quincy Jones worked for Williams and the two collaborated on at least 20 projects after 1942, including the 1947 Palm Springs Tennis Club. Willliams' groovy La Concha Motel in Las Vegas NV became The Neon Museum. His books were The Small Home of Tomorrow (1945) and New Homes for Today (1946). He is author of the famous essay "I am a Negro" published in the 1937 American Magazine and reprinted in Ebony in 1986. He was one of the very few prominent Black Republicans in California. He was advisor to the 1948 movie, Mr. Blanding Builds His Dream House, the first time a real house is built for a movie set. He received an honorary degree from Howard University in 1952; another from Tuskegee in 1957; and the Springarn Medal from the NAACP in 1953. He appeared on the TV show This Is Your Life in 1953. In 1962, Williams designed the St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis TN for his friend Danny Thomas. In 1957, Williams was the first Black architect named a Fellow by the AIA. He retired in 1973 and Claude Coyne took over his clients. He was given the national AIA Gold Medal in 2017. His business records were mostly destroyed during the April 1992 LA riots but his drawings survived, kept by granddaughter Karen Hudson for decades, and given to USC and the Getty in 2020. 1950s video. Additional video.
Williams is well-known, inaccurately, as the architect of the Theme Building at LAX Airport, shown above. It was actually designed by Gin Wong of Luckman & Pereira but this photo by Julius Shulman cemented the urban myth. According to Dana Goodyear in the New Yorker, "Despite the many articles and books crediting him, Williams was not on the design team for the Theme pavilion. He was a member of the joint-venture office for the entire airport project."
Williams is well-known, accurately, for celebrity houses. He did so many he was referred to as "architect to the stars." Williams got a star on the Palm Springs Walk of Fame in 2018.
We also include houses reported as designed by Williams but in fact are not. For example, Williams is frequently cited as the architect for Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Helen Reddy; there's no evidence for these projects. Research thanks to Catherine Westergaard Cramer. Bio adapted from Wikipedia.
Extensive 2015 Bibliography by the Paul Williams Project
Subdivisions: Carver Manor * Greenacres * Layne Manor * Paramount Grove * Rolling Hills * Seaview Palos Verdes
1918 - The White Pine Architectural Competition. Unbuilt.
1919 - The Los Angeles Brick Company Competition. First Prize for a one-story Hollow Tile house. Unbuilt.
1920 - The Paul Williams House, 418 Pearl Street, La Jolla CA. Built by J. S. Atkinson of La Jolla. Destroyed.
1921 - The John M. and Lucy P. W. Collison House, 2179 West 21st Street, Los Angeles CA. Built by Garnett Tyler. Sold in 1990 to Stanley Weston. Sold in 1996 to Krishna Kaur aka Tenth Gate LLC. Photo by Michael Locke.
1921 - The Ralph Edward Matteson House, 1901 Manhattan Avenue, Hermosa Beach CA. Sold in 1986 to Robert T. Mercer. Sold in 2013 to Jeffrey Knyal. Destroyed in 2014, middle photo. As of 2016, a new house is planned by HomeBeachDesign in collaboration with architects Grant Kirkpatrick and Chris Stage, bottom photo.
1922 - The Benjamin A. and Mildred E. Walter House, 120 North Norton Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Sold to Duane Hartleip. Sold to Peter Vracko. Sold to Matthew and Jessica Knox. Photo by Michael Locke.
1922 - The Romer House, intersection of Del Obispo and Calle Aspero, San Juan Capistrano CA. Destroyed around 2006 to make way for a housing development. Photo courtesy of Don Tryon.
1922 - The Louis and Virginia Nourse Cass House, 4236 Woodleigh Lane, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Commissioned in 1921. Featured in Architecture Magazine, 1924. Williams later designed a ranch house for them. Altered and expanded in 1975. Sold in 1987 to the Kolokotrones Family Trust. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1922 - The Louis M. Blodgett House I, 1102 South Serrano Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Featured in Ebony Magazine, issue unknown, page 158. Blodgett was a successful Black contractor. This property was later part of the Blodgett tract, the first FHA-financed housing for Black people in America. James H. Garrott designed the Blodgett Tract around 1937. Destroyed and a new house built in 1951.
1922 - The E. R. Nicholson House, 5917 Foothill Drive, Los Angeles CA. Built by Garnet Tyler. Sold to Edwin R. Burrows. Sold to George T. Martin. Sold in 1994 to Terry L. H. and Peter J. Heller who still owned it as of 2016. Kitchen renovation in 1994 designed by Deborah Weintraub.
1922 - The George Holmes Kinsey and Ruth (Ruby) Kinsey House, 5933 Foothill Drive at Bronson Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Built by Garnet Tyler. Sold to Norman and Fern Shapiro. Sold in 2001 to Mary E. Nichols. Sold in 2002 to the Scharbo Family Trust. Sold in 2018. Photos by Michael Locke.
1922 - The Arnold G. and Mildred Matthews Arnoll House, 722 West Kenneth Road, Glendale CA. Built by Arthur L. Fryer. The Arnolls lived in the house with their daughter Kathleen. Sold in 1968. Clair Earl Associates remodeled the house in 1981, extending the dining room, and adding a new entry and powder room. Sold for the first time in 50 years in 2018 to the Don Carlos Family Trust. Top photo by Michael Locke. Slated for demolition in 2020.
1923 - The John B. Browne House, 2224 Ponet Drive, Los Angeles CA. Sold in 1979 to Shraga Katz, later the Katz-Fernandez Family Trust.
1923 - The Community Arts Association of Santa Barbara Small House Competition for a $5000 Residence, Special Mention. Published in a 1931 house plans catalog.
1923 - The Pi Beta Phi Sorority House, 667 West 28th Street, Los Angeles CA. Photo by Michael Locke.
1923 - The Mrs. Frederick Leistikow House, 554 Lorraine Boulevard, Los Angeles CA. Although the original building permit shows as designed by John C. Austin and Frederick M. Ashley, Austin referred the project to Williams. Sold to the Morgan Adams Jr. Trust. Sold in 2004 to Eric and Carmencita Liebelier. Sold in 2006 to Gary and Serena Duff.
1923 - The Standish Mitchell House, 632 Berkshire Avenue, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Williams also designed a house for Mitchell's brother, below. Sold to the Michael J. Carden Trust. Sold in 2017 to Rhee Don Co. Rhee Family Trust. Photo by Michael Locke.
1923 - The Samuel J. Douds House, 2233 Cheremoya Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Sold to the Michael Feinstein Trust. Sold in 1997 to Henrietta Knight. Sold in 1998 to Mark Mintz. Top photo by Michael Locke.
1923 - The Walter and Mollie P. Bishop House, 2230 Cheremoya Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Sold to James Maisenbacher. Sold in 1993 to David Benzwi. Sold in 2000 to Lucinda Faraldo. Sold in 2002 to Scott Dorsey. Sold in 2003 to Harriet Harris. Photo by Michael Locke.
1923 - The Charles F. and Helen King Smith House, 1006 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Designed by Frank Meline, Harry G. Koerner and William J. Gage. Sold around 1996 to Richard and Daphna Ziman. Deeded to Daphna Ziman.
Though referred to as the Harry Warner estate, there's no evidence that Harry Warner ever owned the house or that Paul Williams has anything to do with it.
1924 - The Henry H. Draeger House, 2239 Cheremoya Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Formerly numbered 2229. Sold to J. M. Goldstein. Sold in 1999 to Warren Seld. Photo by Michael Locke.
1924 - The Douglas Mitchell House, 640 Berkshire Avenue, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Commissioned in 1923. Williams designed a house for Mitchell's brother, above. Sold in 1988 to William R. Davis. Photo by Michael Locke.
1924 - The Charles W. and Flora Hunter House, 721 Berkshire Avenue, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Remodel and additions by Williams in 1958. Sold to Choon and Jung Chang. Sold in 2003 to Michael and Iming Lee Trust. Sold in 2014 to the Akp Revival Trust. Remodeled by De Angeles Designs Architects and John R. Robert, Interior Design & Horticulture. Photo by Michael Locke.
1924 - Remodel, 542 Lorraine Boulevard, Los Angeles CA. Original 1920 house for George N. Whiting was designed by architect Arthur R. Kelly (who later designed the Playboy Mansion). Although cited by many real estate listings, the house was neither designed or renovated by Williams.
1924 - The Frederick (Fred) E. and Hattie Pettit House, 125 North Van Ness Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Sold to Kathleen Norcutt. Sold in 2012 to Mark and Natalya Hudis who, in 2015, were working on a restoration. Photo by Michael Locke.
1924 - The Harold Clark House, Brentwood Park area of Los Angeles CA. Reported in Southwest Builder and Contractor, 1924. Unsure if built. Possibly Harold L. Clark at 1108 Linda Vista Terrace.
1924 - The John S. and Ruth Rathbun Young House, 1305 Woodstock Road, San Marino CA. Built by Garnet Tyler. Featured in Architect and Engineer, April 1928. Sold to Homer D. and Ida Crotty. Sold to Lucille T. Hobart. Deeded in 2012 to Heidi Hobart. As of 2023, still in the Hobart family. Color photos by Michael Locke.
Crotty was an attorney for Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and served as president of the California Bar Association and chairman of the Board of the Huntington Library. As trustee of the library, he endowed the USC chair at the Huntington: Early Modern Studies Institute "Renaissance Libraries: New Perspectives on Old Collections." The Huntington Shakespeare Garden is the result of Crotty. The Shakespeare Garden opened in 1959, presenting only those plants specifically mentioned by Shakespeare. However, the majority of the plants did not do well in the summer and fall weather of Southern California.
1924 - The Edwin F. Walker House, 1103 Roanoke Place, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Helen Duesner was the landscape designer. Sold in 1990 to Robert T. Doaz Family Trust. Photo by Michael Locke.
1924 - The Jud Rush House, 609 Inverness Drive, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Sold to Vivien Jackson. Sold in 1991 to Michael O'Callaghan. Sold in 2014 to Gary Mcardle and Teresa Kastl. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1924 - The Frank Putnam Flint House, 1395 Inverness Drive, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Sold in 2019 to Christopher Sungwan Park. Sold to Michael O'Callaghan and the M T And L H O Callaghan trust. Photos by Michael Locke.
1924 - The Emile B. and Gladys Yoakum House, 519 Meadow Grove Street, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Sold to Osamu and Kathleen Kaneko. Sold in 2018 to Mark Schuster. Photos by Michael Locke.
1925 - The Frederick D. and Katherine Parker House, 713 North Alpine Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Commissioned in 1924. Built by Garnet Tyler. Sold to James and Haleh Mehdizadeh. Sold in 2012 to the Urmans. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1925 - The Stuart M. and Lois Salisbury House, 4420 Gould Avenue, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Sold to E. R. Metcalfe. Sold in 2002 to Gilbert and Marlene De Cardenas. Photo by Michael Locke.
1925 - The Forster House, Puente CA. Builder, Garnet Tyler. Unsure if built.
1925 - The Clark H. Edwards Duplex, 135-137 South Orange Drive, Hancock Park, Los Angeles CA. Sold to Marguerite Teichman. Sold in 2015 to the Kagan family. Photo by Michael Locke.
1925 - The George W. Hall House, 1247 Sherwood, San Marino CA. Featured in the Los Angeles Examiner, 3/1/1925. Destroyed and a new house built in 1996.
1925 - The Ingwald (Ingo) Preminger House, 340 South Westgate Avenue, Los Angeles CA. He was the brother of director Otto Preminger. Sold to Peter Mullin. Renovated in 2014 by Perry Hill, construction by Gary Drake.
1925 - The Julian L. and Laura Schlosser House, 746 Prospect Drive, Glendale CA. Built by L. J. Mygath. Featured in the Los Angeles Times, 7/26/1925. Sold to Gladys H. Irwin Estate. Sold in 1999 to Emy P. Ros. Photo by Michael Locke.
1925 - The S. Jack and Marjoria W. Hellman House, 6221 Warner Drive, Los Angeles CA. Built by Charles Snyder. Sold to Sinai Abrahami. Sold in 1998 to Donald Wallens and Sharon Sindell.
1925 - The Otis D. Dolan House, 780 Fairfield Circle, Pasadena CA. Photos by Michael Locke. Sold to Damon and Valerie Stathatos. Sold in 2016 to Mark and Valerie Montoya.
1925 - The Rubendall House, La Cañada Flintridge CA.
1925 - The Shepherd Mitchell House, 132 North Hudson Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Sold to the Chafflin Trust. Sold in 1996 to Paul and Diane Bachmann. Photo by Michael Locke.
1925 - The Myra and Emily Reynolds House, 1501 Vía Montemar, Malaga Cove, Palos Verdes Estates CA. C. E. McFadyn, builder. Featured in Pacific Coast Architect, April 1927. Sold to K. D. Stoffers Trust. Sold in 2002 to the Marjorie S. Ritter Trust. Deeded in 2007 to the William H. Ritter Jr. Trust. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1925 - The Ysabel Del Valle Cram Duplex, 756-758 South Sycamore Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned about 1923. Built by Garnet Tyler. Sold in 1995 to Binh Nguyen. Photos by Michael Locke.
1925 - The F. H. Wallace House, 849 Cavanagh Road, Glendale CA. Formerly 807 Cavanagh. Advertised as a Williams design, needs verification. Records show that Fred H. Wallace died on February 4, 1920. His wife, Vida Hortense Smith Wallace lived in both 807 and 849 Cavanagh Road during the late 20s. To make matters even more confusing, property records show the house at 849 Cavanagh was built in 1928; perhaps accounting for the address change.
1925 - The Pola Negri House, Beverly Hills CA. Sold to Hal Roach Sr. Destroyed in the 1980s. Needs verification as a Williams design.
1925 - The Irving V. Augur House and Stables, 4901 Lockhaven Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Destroyed sometime before 1961.
1925 - The Small Brick House #150, published by the American Face Brick Association in the 6th edition of The Home of Beauty. Status unknown.
1926 - The J. M. Goldwater House, 416 South Orange Drive, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned in 1925. Sold in the 1960s to the Goldsmiths. Sold in 2012 to Amanda and Peter Perez.
1926 - The Flintridge Company House, 3713 Chevy Chase Drive, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Built by the Flintridge Company. Remodel and addition in 1933 by Williams. Sold to the Lang Trust. Sold in 1999 to the Tavear Trust. Sold in 2004 to Robert and Frances Marick.
1926 - The Flintridge Company House, 3733 Chevy Chase Drive, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Built by the Flintridge Company. Remodel and addition by Williams in 1939. Sold to Neal S. Millard. Sold in 1992 to David and Wendy Park. Sold in 2016 to David and Stacy Craig. Bottom two photos by Michael Locke.
1926 - The Charles R. Elizabeth P. Baird House, 1616 Parkridge Drive, Glendale CA. Built by Glen O. Winget. Sold in 1934 to William E. and Mary Stewart. Deeded to their son, William. Sold in 1998 to the Garzas. Deeded in 2019 to the Clemencia R. and C. Garza Garza trust. Photos by David Horan and Michael Locke.
1926 - The David H. Miller House, 2601 Aberdeen Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Photo by Michael Locke. Sold to the N. R. and J. S. Johnson family trust. Sold in 2010 to Kraut-McCarty family trust.
1926 - The John L. and Janette Adams Garner House, aka William Howden House, 141 South Las Palmas Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Built as a spec house by William Howden, Howden & Howden Contractors. Sold to the Garners as soon as it was completed. Sold in 1960 to Sidney and Ernestine Elster. Sold in 1973 to Lockwood and Joyce Haight. Sold in 1996 to Jay L. and Teresa Wiviott. Sold in 2005 to Christopher Ostrow. Sold in 2005 to Coleman Laffoon and Anne Heche. Sold in 2007 to Dawn Parouse and the Matthew Olmstead Family Trust. Sold in 2019 to Reed T. Aljian and Michael Kim. Sold in 2021 to the Wandell Morgan Co. Wendell LI trust. Photos by Michael Locke.
1926 - The Howard T. Wayne House, 329 North Citrus Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Sold to Philip Sirianni. Sold in 1990 to the Ahmanson Trust. Sold in 1997 to Donald Nossov. Photo by Michael Locke.
1926 - The John S. and Eline Ross Shepherd House I, 68 Fremont Place, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned around 1923. Sold around 1957 to Ernest E. Duque, who had Williams do a renovation. Sold to Richard Papalian. Sold in 2009 to Craig and Amy Nickoloff. Sold in 2012 to the Eric Choi Family Trust. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1926 - The John S. and Eline Ross Shepherd House II, 111 Linda Vista Avenue, Pasadena CA. Sold to John A. Poindexter. Sold in 1999 to Gene and Marilyn Buchanan. Sold in 2012 to Min Xu and Zhendong Llang.
1926 - The Bertha Lebus House, 260 South Orange, Los Angeles CA. Built by E. O. White. Sold in 2002 to the McKinley Family Trust.
1926 - The Walter W. and Mae G. Wing House, 2156 Hollyridge Drive, Los Angeles CA. Sold to Katherine Shaw and architect Stephen Slan. Sold in 2009 to Stephen Campeas aka Two Monks Trust. Sold in 2020 to Beatrice Springborn. Photo by Michael Locke.
1926 - The Charles Julius and Gretchen Roese House, Brentwood Park area of Los Angeles CA. Possibly 12733 Sunset Boulevard. Needs verification.
1926 - The W. P. Anderson House II, aka Roma Residence, aka Villa Roma, 156 East Morongo Road, Palm Springs CA. Sold to Allen and Sylvia Cooper. Altered in 1936. Sold to Bill and Roma Marvin. Renovated in 1947 by Williams. Rumored to have been rented to actress Sharon Tate in the early 1960s. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1926 - The Helen Scott House, Los Angeles CA. Status unknown.
1926 - The Philip Rothman House, 541 South Rossmore Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Owned by the Goodson/Berkowitz family since at least 1993. Photo by Michael Locke.
1926 - The Crowell and Katherine Havens Beech House, 639 La Loma Road, Pasadena CA. Sold to the Alan and Courtney Stanford Trust. Sold in 2003 to the Buss Simmons Trust. Sold in 2010 to David and Andrea Grable. Sold in 2018 to Barry and Sarah Mendel. Top two photos by Michael Locke.
1926 - The Charles H. and Marie Frizzelle House, 2134 East Live Oak Drive, Los Angeles CA. Sold to West. Sold in 1988 to Francisco Aguirre. Sold in 1990 Elaine Geisinger. Sold in 1992 to Nelson and Priscilla Gibbs. Sold in 2017 to Terry Bird (Verbana Trust). Photos by Michael Locke.
1926 - The Claude A. Wayne House, 759 Nimes Road, Los Angeles CA. He was the brother of Howard T. Wayne. Featured in the Los Angeles Times, 1/3/1928. Sold to entertainer Mac Davis. Sold in 2008 to 805 Nimes Place LLC. Destroyed, new Modernist house built on the site and merged with 805 Nimes.
1926 - The Motley H. Flint House, 811 Inverness Drive, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Flint was shot to death on July 14, 1930 in a courtroom by an investor Flint defrauded. Auctioned in 1931. Featured in the Los Angeles Times, 1/18/1931. Sold to David and Nora Thompson. Photo by Michael Locke.
1926 - The Adolf and Hedwig Schuster House, 124 South Las Palmas Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Built by Garnet Tyler. Sold in 2002 to Martin Kaplan and Susan Estrich. Deeded to Susan Estrich. Photo by Michael Locke.
1926 - The Fred and Mildred Baruch House, 1100 South Gramercy Place, Los Angeles CA. Sold to the Simmons Trust. Sold in 1996 to Hee and Tammy Kang. Sold in 1999 to Jun G. Choi. Sold in 2001 to Chong K. Won. Sold in 2004 to Chu and Grace Bark. Sold in 2007 to Seuk G. Young and Sung Kuk Park. Photo by Michael Locke.
1926 - The Benjamin (Ben) Platt Renovation, 2600 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Originally designed for Rudolph Rosenberg by architect Harley S. Bradley, the home was purchased in the same year by music store magnate Ben Platt. Platt hired Williams to enlarge the house, adding an additional story. In 1929, Platt hired Albert E. Hansen to add a swimming pool, tennis court, garden house and pergola. Sold to C. C. Julian. Sold in 2000 to the Saint Columbans Foreign Missionary Society, a Catholic society of secular priests organized around global mission. Sold in 2015 to the Grotjahn Family Trust. History and photos by Michael Locke.
1926 - 609 North Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Built by Lee and Lester; Henry Draeger. Sold to Erwin Satinsky. Sold in 1949 to Louis L. Baer. Sold in 2001 to Bruce Parker. Sold in 2006 to Carol and Rudy Elgabsi. Sold in 2007 to Andree Amouyal. Sold in 2014 to Evan Meyer. Essentially destroyed in a major renovation/rebuild.
1926 - 143 South Mapleton Drive, Los Angeles CA. Sold to Miles and Bruton Gray. Williams did a remodel in 1938 followed by another remodel in 1941 by architect Gerard Colcord, built by Eric Barclay. Renovated by Billy Haines. Sold to Wilhemina S. Converse. Sold in 2006 to Richard Neu. Renovated by Moss and Associates.
1926 - 4731 West Los Feliz Boulevard, Los Angeles CA. Sold to R. P. Berry. Sold in 1994 to George Kwok Lee. Sold in 2010 to David Choe.
1926 - The Helen Scott House, 1193 East 48th Street, Los Angeles CA.
1927 - The Flintridge Company House, 600 Chatham Place, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Built by the Flintridge Company. Remodel/additions by Williams in 1931. Sold to Dan Gerstner. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1927 - The Flintridge Company House, 503 Dartmouth Place, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Built by the Flintridge Company. Sold to California Institute of Technology. Sold in 1999 to Scott Fraser. Deeded in 2011 to Marianne Bronner-Fraser. Deeded in 2014 to Marianne Bronner-Hansen. Photo by Michael Locke.
1927 - The Bruce and Lula E. Blackburn House, 4791 Cromwell Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Built by the owners. Project also included a garage. Blackburn was the inventor and manufacturer of the roller screen that could be rolled up and stored inside a canister above the window. Williams did a renovation in 1962. Their daughter, Elizabeth, lived in the home until 1978. Sold to Arthur D. Gordin. Sold in 2002 to Trans Global Enterprises Ltd. for Mariah O'Brien. Sold in 2003 to John and Cheryl Sweeney. This is Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #913. Top photo by David Horan, 2010 Paul Revere Williams Project. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1927 - The W. P. Anderson House I, Palm Springs CA. Unsure if built.
1927 - The Alice Hellman House, 17925 Tramonto Drive, aka Castellammare, Pacific Palisades CA. Sold to Ruth White. Photo by Michael Locke.
1927 - The James and Dorothy Degnan House, 5200 Alta Canyada Road, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Sold in 1999 to Rodrigo and Gina Guerra. Photo by Michael Locke.
1927 - The William H. and Josephine Harrison House, aka Harrison Estate, 453 Somerset Place, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Glen O. Winget was the builder. Sold in 1944 to Alfred C. and Hollie Berghoff. Sold to Judith Rogala. Sold in 2004 to the Tadd 1997 Trust, Terry Ann Meurer trustee. Remodeled in 2004 with garage added. Sold in 2016 to the Joel Fried Trust. Photos by Michael Locke.
1927 - The Oscar and Isabel Wasmer House, 132 North Las Palmas Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Sold to Irving and Shirley Lebovics. Photo by Michael Locke.
1927 - The Walter E. and Cora Frink House, 3820 Amesbury Road, Los Angeles CA. Sold to Ruthann Hoegh. Sold in 2002 to Gary Nicholson. Sold in 2003 to Stephen Reinstein. Sold in 2015 to the Randy John Hooczko Trust. Photo by Michael Locke.
1927 - The Robert and Flora Newmark House, 617 North Arden Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Built by Fred C. Snell. Sold to Richard A. Miller. Sold in 2000 to Bruce Stuart. Sold in 2006 to Sam and Jensen Gores. Sold in 2012 to Mickey Segal, trustee for the Arden Trust. Photo by Michael Locke.
1927 - The John Bishop Green House, 4151 Commonwealth Avenue, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Featured in the LA Times, 6/5/27. Sold in the early 1930s to Fred Hartley. Sold to Earle and Bebe Jorgensen who lived there until 1945. Sold in 1949 to Raymond Best Patchen, whose family still owned it as of 2015. 4159 Commonwealth is a small apartment on the same lot that was remodeled in 2011. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1927 - The Henry and Mamie Grey House, 5112 Ambrose Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Built for actor Lawrence (Larry) Grey for his parents. Sold to the Allen and Virginia Grogan Trust. Sold in 1998 to Michael Griggs. Sold in 2004 to Lisanne Borgnes and Piero Giramonti. Sold in 2007 to the Lawrence Lenski Trust. Sold in 2012 to Blair Rich and Zev Foreman. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1927 - The James S. Riley Residence, Ojai CA. Status unknown.
1927 - The Charles R. Francis House, 1801 Devon Road, Pasadena CA. Sold to Naka Industries. Sold in 1994 to Scott and Phyllis Miller. Sold in 1998 to Roland Arnall. Sold in 1999 to Karel Carohan. Sold in 2006 to Leslie and Peter Tolan. Sold in 2012 to Arianne Pagsisihan and Brandon Shapiro. Photos by Michael Locke.
1927 - The John (Titán) and Mae Forster House, Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano CA. Commissioned 1926. Destroyed.
1927 - The Millicent Searle Spec House, 462 South El Camino Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Built by Henry Draeger. One of several developed for Searle. Sold to J & E Lerman. Sold in 2002 to Evan and Roseanne Cohen.
1928 - The Edwin Martin House, 4163 Dorset Place, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Sold to Lawrence and Lynn Gillins.
1928 - The John N. and Anna Fitzpatrick House, 2220 North Edgemont Street, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1927. Sold to the Folin Trust. Sold in 2000 to Michael J. Miller. Photo by Michael Locke.
1928 - The Fredrick Cole Renovation, 339 South Orange Drive, Los Angeles CA. Built by Garnet Tyler. Photo by Michael Locke. Sold to the Sellers Trust. Sold in 1995 to Anthony and Amelia Sherin. Sold in 2003 to Robert E Wilson. Sold in 2006 to Craig and Amy Nickoloff (who also owned 68 Fremont). Sold in 2011 to Daniel and Sharon Feehan.
1928 - The Adlai Goldschmidt House, aka Casa Tres Vistas, aka House with Three Views, 243 Avenida la Cuesta, San Clemente CA. Became a National Landmark in 2004. Sold to Conkley Thomas. Sold in 1985 to James D. and Jann Kempton. Sold in 1995 to Oakley and Dena Van Slyke. Leased to the Tres Vistas Recovery Center for a few years. Sold in 2019 to Donald L. Wentzel. Bottom two photos by Michael Locke.
1928 - The A. Leonard House, Pacific Palisades CA. Likely unbuilt
1928 - The Luther M. Barrick House, 201 East Park Drive, Anacortes WA. Originally had a Bellingham postal address. Sold to Thomas Morrison.
1928 - The Joseph T. Edward House, 3718 Chevy Chase Drive, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Sold to Richard and Elsa Phillips. Sold in 1996 to the Nichols-Stern Family Trust. Photo by Michael Locke.
1928 - The William B. and Ada Himrod House, aka Casa Romantica, 4100 Dundee Drive, Los Angeles CA. Built by Glen O. Winget. Sold to the Goss Trust. Sold in 1997 to Peregrine Watts-Russell. Photo by Michael Locke.
1928 - The Ida May Phillips House, 445 Somerset Place, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Built by Glen O. Winget. Commissioned 1927. Sold to Leticia Horton. Sold in 1999 to Charles and Keven Gayton. Photo by Michael Locke.
1928 - The Charles and Blanche Korrick House, 3100 North 7th Street, Phoenix AZ. Destroyed in the late 1950s for an apartment complex, the Wexler.
1928 - The Mrs. E. L. Martin House, aka Villa Manola, 5900 Manola Way, Los Angeles CA. Built by Glen O. Winget. Commissioned 1927. The Beatles stayed there during their Capitol Records days. Allen Ginsberg was a later resident. Sold in 2003 to actress Sherie Hellard. Photo by Michael Locke.
1928 - The Mike Gore House, Malibu Road, Santa Monica CA. Builder was Fred C. Snell. Two plans were created; one with two stories, one with three stories. 201 South Mansfield Avenue, Los Angeles, shown above, was likely the two-story version built; needs verification.
1928 - The Victor H. and Irene Silvestri Rossetti Residence, 2188 Ponet Drive, Los Angeles CA. Donald F. Harrison was the builder. Sold in 2006. Designated a Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument (#915) in 2008. Sold in 2015 to Lydia Hearst. Bottom three photos by Michael Locke.
1928 - The Valentine Mott Pierce House, 200 Fern Drive, Pasadena CA. Sold to the V. J. Burner Trust. Sold in 2003 to Kamaljit K. Sandhu. Sold in 2010 to the Clayton and Mihaela Varga Trust.
1928 - The George S. Seward House I, 121 Copley Place, Beverly Hills CA. Built by Glen O. Winget. Sold around 1953 to Dorothy McGuire Swope. Sold in 2002 to Philip and Dorothy A. Kamins who destroyed it. Above photo is the replacement house.
1928 - The Irwin and Alice Muma House, Pacific Palisades CA. Likely unbuilt as Irwin Muma passed away in January 1925 and there are no new houses in either his or Alice's name after that.
1928 - The George and Lillian Burkhart Goldsmith House, 17720 Porto Marina Way, Pacific Palisades CA. Commissioned 1926. The house was built in the Castellammare development designed to resemble the Amalfi Coast. Sold to Gladys Crooks. Sold in 1937 to Miriam Deichmann. Sold in 1940 to Myrtle Wally. Sold to Elizabeth and Ross Stoker. Sold in 1957 to Russell and Lily D. Tabor. Sold in 1977 to John Craig Neidlinger, Crystal Salapatas, and Sophia Salapatas. Sold around 1984 to the Marie White Trust. Sold in 2019 to Richard Sinn. Photos by Michael Locke.
1928 - The Edmund and Irene Bastheim House I, 155 South Hudson Street, Los Angeles CA. Interior design by Hazel Hudson. Featured in California Arts and Architecture, May 1930. Actor Nelson Eddy lived there in the 1940s. Sold to Margaret and Phillip Hess. Photo by Michael Locke.
1928 - The Manfred and Eliza Jacoby Meyberg House, 241 Copa de Oro Road, Beverly Hills CA. Sold to the Barton Family Trust. Sold in 2009 to Michael Lafetra. Photo by Michael Locke. Great video of the house, shot in 1941.
1928 - The Harry F. and Emily Messer House, 2173 West 21st Street, Los Angeles CA. Sold to Stephen Frazier and Naddjda Sokolova. Photo by Michael Locke.
1928 - The Millicent Searle Spec House, 459 South Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Built by Henry Draeger. One of several built for Searle. Renovated in 1978. Sold to the Oskar and Miriam Krater Trust. Photo by Michael Locke.
1929 - The William Ford House, 1015 Amber Lane, Ojai CA. Robert Ridnour was the builder. Sold in 2006 to Stephen L. Rose. Sold in 2015 to Alleen LLC. Photo by Charles J. Fisher.
1929 - Renovation, 1156 South Normandie, Los Angeles CA. Williams converted the 1914 house to apartments. Sold to Rudolfo and Teresa Del Rio. Sold in 1996 to Tomas Vides and Rosa Bautista.
1929 - The William Howden Spec House, 164 South Las Palmas Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Built by his company, Howden and Howden. Commissioned 1928. Sold to the Carpenter Family Trust. Sold in 2008 to the Juda Family Trust. Top photo by Michael Locke.
1929 - The R. H. Nicholson House, 449 Parkwood Drive, Los Angeles CA. Sold to Diana H. Henry. Sold around 2008 to the Alaska Trust Company aka the Valaise family.
1929 - The Adele Louis House, 137 South McCadden Place, Los Angeles CA. Sold to Esther S. and Jeffrey Melczer. Sold in 2011 to Benjamin and Alexis Karp. Photo by Michael Locke.
1929 - The Henry W. and Adele Louis House, 143 South McCadden Place, Los Angeles CA. Garrett Tyler was the builder. Ernest H. and Suzanne Agatstein are the current owners as of 2023. Photo by Michael Locke.
1929 - The Louis Browne House and Studio, 796 North Latimer Road, Santa Monica CA (now Pacific Palisades). Sold to Elizabeth Frances Kitchen.
1929 - The Vernon and Martha Brown House, 2245 Robles Avenue, San Marino CA. Sold to G. C. Hounihan. Sold in 2002 to Sheng Haur Hsu. Sold in 2010 to William and Lucy Lin. Photo by Michael Locke.
1929 - The Paul T. Wolf House, 142 Tuscaloosa Avenue, San Mateo CA. Needs verification.
1929 - The Robert E. and Harriette Overell House, 906 North Roxbury Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Sold in the mid-late 1930s to Lew Ayres and Ginger Rogers. Sold to Arnold and Sherrie Schlesinger. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1929 - The Antonio Moreno House, 5180 Linwood Drive, Los Angeles CA. Moreno lived there until 1935. Sold to Howard Hansen. Sold in 2009 to the Celeste Trust (Ellen Pompeo and Chris Ivery). Renovated by Martyn Bullard. Featured in Architectural Digest.
1929 - The John Hamilton House, 227 Copa de Oro Road, Los Angeles CA. Alhough the building permit has no architect, Karen Hudson's book definitely lists it as a Williams. Sold to Catherine Paura. Sold in 2012 to David and Lucienne Soleymani.
1929 - The Gabriel and Sybil Leavy House, 169 North McCadden Place, Los Angeles CA. Sold to Bernard and Thea Monderer. Photo by Michael Locke.
1929 - The Roland Howard/Nagin House, 146 South Fuller Avenue, Los Angeles CA. This is Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #436. Sold to Horn/Tomin Trust. Photo by Michael Locke.
1929 - The Richard Barrett House, Hancock Park area of Los Angeles CA. Likely unbuilt.
1929 - The George N. Whiting House, 602 South Hudson Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Built by Howden and Howden. Sold to Evanstein. There was a fire around 1953. Sold around 2000 to Alan and Lisa Stern. Remodeled by interior designer Scott Thomas in 2014. Small additions in 2015 (Lawrence Woodcraft) and 2017 (Ros Jewell). Photo by Michael Locke.
1929 - The Jack P. and Clarabelle Atkin House, 160 South San Rafael Avenue, Pasadena CA. Built by Glen O. Winget. Featured in Architectural Digest, 1930. Sold in 1941 by Atkin's widow to a Dr. Busch. The home was featured in numerous movies and TV shows, including Topper, Murder She Wrote, Rocky V, Dynasty, Batman, Hollywood Homicide, The Bells of St. Mary's, Three Men and a Little Lady, and Stand By Me. Sold in 2004 to Michael Hammer who did a renovation. Burned down in 2005, middle photo. All that remains is the gate house, photo by Michael Locke. A new house was built on the site.
1929 - The Katherine B. Flint House, 524 Dartmouth Place, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Sold to Robert Van Schoonenberg. Deeded in 2007 to Jennifer and Taggart Romney. Top two photos by Michael Locke.
1929 - Renovation, 149 North McCadden Place, Los Angeles CA. Original house built in 1925. Renovated again by Brian Little. Sold in 2007 to Joey and Barrett McIntyre.
1929 - The Franchon Beerup House, 808 Whittier Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Commissioned about 1927. Landscape design by A. E. Hanson. Featured in Architectural Digest, 1930. Beerup married Charles H. A. Meyer sometime before 1946. Howard Hughes crashed his plane there in 1946, above photos, nearly destroying the house. It was rebuilt. Sold around 1996 to Leon Schneider. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1929 - The Katherine Peachy House, 325 North Las Palmas Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Not fully completed until 1933. Built by Howden and Howden. Sold in 1952 to Clyde R. and Alice Burr. Featured in Architectural Digest, date unknown. Virginia Stewart McClellan was the interior designer. Sold to the James B. Duffy Family Trust. Sold in 2020 to Henrik Bastin. Bottom four photos by Michael Locke.
1929 - The Oliver and Margie Dolton House I, 543 North Cliffwood Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Sold to Luise Rainier. Sold in 1937. Sold several times. Renovated 1976. Sold in 2002 to Mark Held. Photo by Michael Locke.
1929 - The William and Evangeline Banning House, aka Banning House #1, 425 North McCadden Place, Los Angeles CA. Sold to the Peter and Allison Grossman Family Trust. Photo by Michael Locke.
1929 - The Joseph B. and Katherine Banning Sr. House, aka Banning House #2, 426 North McCadden Place, Los Angeles CA. William M. and Rollo R. Howden were the builders. Joseph Brent Banning Jr. was the grandson of Los Angeles pioneer Phineas Banning, the founder of the city of Wilmington, CA and the father of the Port of Los Angeles, as well as the namesake of the city of Banning, CA. A shipping executive and graduate of Yale University who served as a Navy lieutenant during World War I, Banning opened the Matson Line’s first Los Angeles office. Sold to the Kevin O'Connell Trust. Photo and text by Michael Locke..
1929 - The California Properties Spec House, 431 North McCadden Place, Los Angeles CA. Sold to Fred and Nancy Golob. Sold in 2019 to the Zinda -Schapker Family Trust. Photo by Michael Locke.
1929 - The Joseph and Alice Banning Jr. House, aka Banning House #3, 432 North McCadden Place, Los Angeles CA. William M. and Rollo R. Howden were the builders. Joseph Brent Banning Jr. was the grandson of Los Angeles pioneer Phineas Banning, the founder of the city of Wilmington, CA and the father of the Port of Los Angeles, as well as the namesake of the city of Banning, CA. A shipping executive and graduate of Yale University who served as a Navy lieutenant during World War I, Banning opened the Matson Line’s first Los Angeles office. Sold in 1996 to Allan and Nicole Mutchnik. Sold in 2021 to 432nn LLC. Photos and text by Michael Locke.
1929 - The Irving V. and Dora Augur House and Stables, aka Augur Ranch, Tower Road, Ojai CA. 200 acres. According to the Ojai Historical Society's David Mason, the house was torn down around 1960 and the land subdivided. The house that replaced the one built by Williams is called Round Tower Ranch. The original barn is still standing as of 2016, owned by Lolita Davidovich.
1929 - The Millicent Searle Spec House, 309 South Palm Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Built by Henry Draeger. One of several houses built for Searle. Sold to Harriet Paley. Sold in 2010 to Jane Kaufman and Vladimir Parizher. Top photo by Michael Locke.
1929 - The Bruce H. and Edna Grigsby House, 154 North McCadden Place, Beverly Hills CA. California Properties Inc. was the builder. Photo by Michael Locke. Bruce Grigsby was an attorney and vice president of Security First National Bank and Post Potentate of the Al Malaikah Shrine Temple.
Around 1929 - The Richard Arlen and Jobyna Ralston House, aka Breezy Top Ranch, 10500 Wystone Avenue, Northridge CA. Formerly addressed 10625 Wilbur. Built by R. R. Howden. Featured in Architectural Digest, date unknown. Interior design by Cheesewright Mason and Company. Sold in 1942 to Kendall Keely. Sold around 1949 to actor Edgar Buchanan. Sold in 1962 to Mary and Jean Stephens. Sold to David and Francis Lieberman. Sold in 1999 to Bruce and Gretchen Keeler. Original house still standing as of 2017. Photos by Michael Locke.
1929 - 150 Fern Drive, Pasadena CA. Photo by Michael Locke. Owned in the 1940s by Albert B. Potter. Sold to the Kazanjian family trust. Sold in 2007 to Michael Gerundo. Sold in 2017 to Linda and Jeffery Sierota.
1929 - The Walter S. Bachman House, 165 South Hudson Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Featured in Architectural Digest, April 1930. Sold to Harold Pauley. Renovated in 1954 by Williams. Sold in 2015 to Tiger Bass Properties. Sold in 2017 to HIM LLC. Sold in 2023. Photos by Michael Locke.
1930 - The Vermillion Hull (Verrie) Goodwin and Marie Simpson Goodwin House, 173 North Anita Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Deeded to Mark Finfer and the Finfer Trust. Sold in 2018 to the Yehzkel Family Trust. Photos by Michael Locke.
1930 - The Albert Davey House, 65 Fremont Place, Los Angeles CA. Occupied as of 2017 by David Figueroa Ortega, Consul General of Mexico. Photo by Michael Locke.
1930 - The Fred A. Price House, 242 Aderno Way, Pacific Palisades CA. The area used to be called Bel Air Bay. Featured in Architectural Digest, 1930. Built by Ray Carroll. Landscape design by Paul J. Howard. C. J. Nutch did the electrical. Due to later alterations, the property didn't retain sufficient integrity to be eligible for listing in the National Register. Sold to the Hathaway Trust. Sold in 1996 to actor Michael Richards. Photo by Michael Locke.
1930 - The J. S. Miller House, 182 South Alta Vista Boulevard, Los Angeles CA. Sold to Pauline Furth. Sold in 2007 to Jonah Borris. Sold in 2008 to David Willis. Sold in 2013 to Arie and Judith Eideles.
1930 - The Christian and Marjorie Hartke House, 707 North Palm Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Sold to Orion and Catherine Hoch. Sold in 1999 to Stuart and Louise Korshak. Sold in 2020 to Robert Schwab. Photos by Michael Locke.
1930 - The Lon Chaney Sr. Cabin, aka Rock House, near Big Pine Creek, Cienega Mirth section, Lake Arrowhead CA. Made of stone. As of 2003, vacant and owned by the National Park Service. Featured in the Los Angeles Times, 6/7/2003.
1930 - The William S. Miles House, 1715 Ambassador Avenue, Beverly Hills CA. Built by Glen O. Winget. Sold to Jerry Allan and Lois Magnis. Sold in 2016 to Ambassador Homes LLC. Photo by Michael Locke.
1930 - The Lon Chaney Sr. House, 806 Whittier Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Built by O'Neal and Son. Chaney died before he could move in and the family put it up for sale. Sold to David and Valerie Wolf. Deeded in 1993 to Lionel and Aretha McPherson. Sold in 2010. Photo by Michael Locke.
1930 - The Corinne Griffith House, 910 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Although sometimes attributed to Williams; it was designed by Clarence Smale for Edward G. Robinson. She had two homes, both built in 1924, 1030 Benedict Canyon and 1033 Summit Drive, the latter designed by architect Lee Fuller. According to the Paul Williams Project, he designed a number of her commercial projects.
1930 - The Palmaire Apartments, aka the Casa Palmeras Apartments, 783 North Indian Canyon Drive, Palm Springs CA. Sold to the San Macedonio Company. Bottom photo by Leslie Luebbers, 2011 Paul Revere Williams Project.
1930 - The Donald G. Neumann Residence, Beverly Hills CA. Unbuilt.
1930 - The Joseph Sartori House, Pacific Palisades CA. Unbuilt.
1930 - 626 North Arden Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Sold to the Francis Montgomery Trust. Sold in 2006 to Peter Kleidman. Sold in 2007 to John Bersci. Sold in 2007 to Barry Perlman. Sold to James and Joellen Yundt.
1930 - The Stuart King House, 841 Inverness Drive, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Often attributed to Williams, the architect was Garrett Van Pelt.
1930 - The W. H. and Alvarita Theobald House, 237 Toyopa Drive, Pacific Palisades CA. Featured in Architectural Digest, 1930; and California Arts and Architecture, February 1934. Lighting fixtures by Edward Carr. By 1943, James Boyd was the owner. Sold in the 1950s to Alan Le May, a novelist and screenwriter. Sold to Blythe Loef. Sold in 1988 to William P. Rutledge Company Trust. Theobald also had a house designed by Cliff May in 1948.
1930 - The W. D. Hallett House, 3347 Tareco Drive, Los Angeles CA. Attributed to Williams, but the building permit does not mention him. Built by Pike and Wielast. Sold to Lance Freed. Sold in 1989 to James Lampley. Sold in 2000 to Martin Durante. Sold in 2015 to Vincent and Stephanie Aycock.
1930 - The Hart and Josephine Isaacs House, 208 South Bedford Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Designed with William Lundeberg, a draftsman in Williams' office from 1925-1939. P. K. McKissack was the builder. Mr. Isaacs was an investment company executive and former president of Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, a director of Hunt Foods and Industries and a board member of the Los Angeles Music Center. Sold to Katherine Williams (no relation). Sold around 1948 to Tom Bergin, who had architect Wallace Neff do a renovation. Sold in the 1950s to Sandra Mzalle. Sold in the early 1960s to Judge Alfred Gitelson. Sold in 1998 to real estate developer, Alexander Haagen, who passed in 2011, but the family still owns the home as of 2020. Photo by Michael Locke.
1930 - The Alfred D. and Ruth W. Davey House, 69 Fremont Place, Los Angeles CA. One of two houses designed by Williams for Davey in the exclusive Fremont Place enclave within the Hancock Park neighborhood. F.B. Layne was the builder. While the exterior of the house maintains its original character, Williams' original interior has been compromised by later remodeling. The house was formerly the home of philanthropist Duke Comegys in the 1990s and to actor couple Angela Bassett and Courtney Vance between 1998 and 2008. Photo by Michael Locke.
1930 - 11710 West Breve, Malibu CA. Original address 11711 West Pacific Coast Highway. Sold to James Wheeler and Harriet Wyre. Sold in 2006 to Natalia and William Bradshaw.
1931 - The John H. and Olive Straub Mueller House, 428 North Las Palmas Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Deeded in 1945 to J. Calvin Mueller. Sold in 1973 to Carl and Dorothy Bilicke. Sold to Foster C. and Martha Bradley. Sold in 1976 to Robert and Linda Teague Key. Deeded in 1998 to Linda Teague Key. Deeded to Peter Biro and Linda Teague Key Biro. Deeded in 2011 to the Linda Teague Key Biro Las Palmas Revocable Trust. Deeded in 2019 to Michael Scott Key and Scott A. Gale, Trustee. Sold in 2019 to Closet Door, LLC. Photos by Michael Locke.
1931 - The Eugene E. and Mittie Morris House, 529 North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Sold to architect Jerome Zerg (since at least 1999) who did a renovation. Sold in 2019 to Feliksa and Natasha Medvedev. Photos by Michael Locke.
1931 - The Fred and Kitty Jean (Betty) Fox House, 2210 Orlando Road, San Marino CA. Commissioned 1929. Builder was J. W. M. Buckles. Featured in the Los Angeles Times, 12/1/1929. For sale in 1937. Sold before 1942 to Kenneth Hodgman. Sold to Frederick P. Lyte. Sold in 2006 to Mang Chen Lee and Tsun Hesein Lee. Sold to John and Bonnie Regan. Sold in 1997 to Ah Properties LLC. Photo by Michael Locke.
1931 - The Sarah Belle McGaugh Goodwin House, 332 South McCadden Place, Los Angeles CA. She was the widow of James Franklin Goodwin, who had died by that point. Her son Guy L. Goodwin was the name on the building permit. Built by Howden and Howden. Landscape design by Seymour Thomas. Lighting fixtures by Edward Carr. Featured in Architectural Digest, April 1930. Sold to Mrs. Leon Spinks. Renovated in 1971. Sold to Matthew and Margaret Kuhns. Sold in 2010 to Gregory Berk and Bethany Wickwire. Sold in 2013 to Sidney and Marcia Teichman. Photo by Michael Locke.
1931 - The Angie P. Carter Cates Apartments, 1972-1974 Palmerston Place, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1930. Eight units. Sold to the John and Lina Moss Trust. Photos by Michael Locke.
1931 - The William M. and Anna S. Petitfils House, 1201 Park Way, Beverly Hills CA. The owners were the builders. Commissioned in 1930. Sold to the J. Menkes Trust. Sold in 2002 to Abraham Assil. Photo by Michael Locke.
1931 - The John A. and Maria Zublin House, 414 St. Pierre Road, Los Angeles CA. Sold around 1936 to Johnny Weissmuller. Williams did many renovations. Marion Davies lived there in the 1940s. Sold in the 1950s to sculptor Joseph Nicolosi. After he died in 1961, the house was rented for over 20 years, including to Mick and Bianca Jagger and later John and Genevieve Phillips. There was a fire in the late 1980s. As of 2017, it was still owned by the Nicolosi family; by 2022, owned by Lillian N. Nell, although the house has been abandoned for several decades. Photo, top, by Michael Locke.
1931 - The Fred G. and Cecilia Olson House, aka Aberdeen Castle, aka Villa Andalusia, 2612 Aberdeen Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned in 1930. Sold to William H. and Onnalee Olseon Doheny. Deeded to George and Alex Brinkis as the Brinkis Family Trust. Sold in 2013 to ANR Development Co. Sold in 2014 to Esme Howard and Patrick Baker. Photo by Michael Locke.
1931 - The Everts and Jane Walker Bradley Moulton House, 10410 Bellagio Road, Los Angeles CA. Sold to Georgia Frontierre. Sold in 2005 to Greg Kozak. Sold in 2008 to Christopher Nassetta (CEO Hilton Hotels). Sold in 2010 to Steven and Laura Mayer. Sold in 2011 to David Margulies. Sold in 2015 to Lee Ellen Banks, aka CA Hillside Pueblo LLC.
1931 - The Lloyd E. and Mildred (Mills) Lockhart House, aka Kinneloa Ranch, aka Sierra Madre Villa, 2258 Villa Heights Road, Pasadena CA. Commissioned 1930. Featured in Architectural Digest, April 1930. After Lloyd and Mildred divorced in 1937, Mildred kept the house. Sold in 1950 to Mervin and Lissa Grizzle. After Mervin's death, Lissa remained until her death in 1994. Paul Howard did the landscaping. Sold to Thomas Shadyac. Sold in 2003 to Xian Zhang Hui. Sold in 2015 to Villa Heights Investments, LLC. Photo by Michael Locke.
1931 - The S. H. Wolfe House, 447 Loring Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Built by Glen O. Winget. Sold to Jerome Janger around 1970. Renovated in 1970. Slightly damaged in an earthquake. Deeded to Linda Janger, and later to her trust around 2014. Photo by Michael Locke.
1931 - The Broadtown Investment Company House, 10811 Ambazac Way, Los Angeles CA. Built by Ben K. Tanner. Garage addition and servant's quarters in 1936. Sold around 1940 to R. R. Huesman. Sold around 1970 to Edgar and Joan Rosenberg aka Joan Rivers. Sold around 1988 to Frederick Field. Sold in 1994 to Kambiz and Sylvia Hakim. Deeded to their trust in 2013. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1931 - The Lou and Jean Daro House, 425 North June Street, Los Angeles CA. Sold to Jerome Zerg (since at least 1999). Photo by Michael Locke.
1931 - The Virginia Bruce House, Pacific Palisades CA. Unbuilt. Bruce had another house built in 1938 at 1141 Maroney Lane, Pacific Palisades CA, not designed by Williams but since called "Williams-inspired."
1932 - The Burns House, Westwood area of Los Angeles CA. Do you know where it is?
1932 - The Robert and Anna Eckhardt House, 501 Georgian Road, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Sold to Anthony and Lydia Christopher. Photo by Michael Locke.
1932 - The Pauline Scott McMartin House, 1162 Tower Road, Los Angeles CA. Built by Glen O. Winget. Williams also did renovations in 1938. Sold to Polly Bergen and Freddie Fields (Fred Feldman). Has been greatly expanded. Sold in the 1960s to Bill and Camille Cosby. Sold in the 1970s to Michael and Lynn Landon. Sold to Bernie Brillstein. Sold in 1997 to Steve and Jamie Tisch. Deeded to Steve Tisch who added an art gallery building by Johnson Marklee on the former tennis court. Top photo by Michael Locke.
1932 - The Audrey M. and Caudrey Reynolds House, 200 Loring Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Built by Garnet Tyler. Sold to Nami Kamen. Sold in 1999 to Diana Hudson. Deeded in 2004 to Edward Gordon Hudson. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1932 - The William H. and Mabel W. Collins House, 601 Lorraine Boulevard, Los Angeles CA. Karen Hudson mentions a Sierra Madre project in the same year in her book, Paul R. Williams Architect. Built by O'Neal and Son. Landscape design by Harold H. Ruben. Featured in: California Arts & Architecture, April 1934; and Architectural Digest, 1935. Sold in 1966 to Suzanne Chase. For sale in 2024. Color photos by Michael Locke.
1932 - The David and Ida Rubin House, 237 South McCadden Place, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned around 1929. Sold to Irwin and Tania Lowi. Sold in 2021 to David and Michelle Soffer. Photos by Michael Locke.
1932 - The Errett Lobban (E. L.) Cord House, aka Cordhaven, 809 North Hillcrest Road, aka 400 Doheny, Beverly Hills CA. Built by William C. Warmington. A. E. Hansen did the landscape design. Interior design by A. T. Danielson of Barker Brothers. Featured in: the Los Angeles Times, 1/24/1963; California Arts and Architecture, December 1933 and again in 1934; and Architectural Digest, 1935. Destroyed in 1963 to make way for a subdivision, bottom photos.
1933 - The Seth and Dorothy Jones Hart House, 200 South Mapleton Drive, Los Angeles CA. Interior design by Hobe Erwin of Jones and Erwin. Built by O'Neal and Son. Hart's son-in-law was CBS executive William Paley, who also lived there for a time. Featured in: Architect and Engineer Magazine, June 1940; the Los Angeles Times, 12/3/1933; Architectural Digest, 1935. Expanded over the years; had a grotto linked by an underground tunnel. Sold to Ronald Goldman. Sold in 2012 to Mapleton LLC. Destroyed and a new house built.
1933 - The Paul and Alice M. Erickson House, 500 North Crestline Drive, Los Angeles CA. Built by Glen O. Winget. Williams did alterations and an addition in 1938 for E. M. Lyon. Sold to Snerry Trust. Sold in 1994 to Mojtaba and Ziba Moghadam. Photo by Michael Locke.
1933 - The Greta L. Scott Ritterhoff House, 136 South Wetherly Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Sold in 2006 to Gloria Mae Boraz. Photo by Michael Locke.
1933 - The August and Katherine Sensenbrenner House, 708 North Arden Drive, Beverly Hills CA. O'Neal & Son was the builder. Sold to the Arlen Andelson Family Trust (since at least 1988). Photo by Michael Locke.
1933 - The James M. Roberts House, 1017 Ridgedale Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Sold many times. Sold in 2010 to Michael and Margaret Kerr. Photo by Michael Locke.
1933 - The Gordon Crary House, 1515 East Bay Front, Balboa, Newport Beach CA. No home by that address as of 2016. All houses appear to be newer build.
1933 - The Harry L. Holmes House, 217 South Modoc Avenue, Medford OR. Williams did renovations in 1940. Built for the co-founder of Harry and David. Sold in 1998 to Jay Beckstead. Sold in 2016 to Southern Oregon Friends of Hospice as a residential care facility.
1933 - The Hobart Henley House, 10430 Bellagio Road, Los Angeles CA. Built by Howden and Howden. Sold to Rosalind Wyman.
1933 - The Gabriel C. and Mary McAllister Duque House, 340 North Las Palmas Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1932. Has a hidden bar room. Featured in the Los Angeles Times, 1/29/1933. Sold to Saul and Rita Bernstein. Renovated in 2018 by architect William Hefner. Sold in 2018 to Iron Word LLC. Bottom three photos by Michael Locke.
1933 - The Jacob and Cecilia Abowitz House, 4610 Gainsborough Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Sold in 1989 to the Blumberg Trust, Trustee Bryan Blumberg. Deeded in 2014 to Warren Blumberg. Photos by Michael Locke.
1933 - The Edward T. (Ted) Fulford House, 294 North Crestview Drive, Palm Springs CA. About 1.5 acres. Sold to William Kidston. Sold to Ross Kidston. Sold to George T. Bunker Jr. Sold in 1986 to Sonny and Mary Bono. Sold to Alfred S. and Arcy Joseph.
1933 - The William Wyler and Margaret Tallichet House, 125 Copa de Oro Road, Los Angeles CA. Sold to Frank Lloyd. Sold around 1953 to John and Mary Ford. Sold to the Ronald and Joanne Bustuttil Trust. Photo by Michael Locke.
1934 - aka New Orleans Farmhouse, 4154 Chevy Chase Drive, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Built by the Flintridge Company. Sold to Gordon Simpson. Destroyed and a new house built in 1954.
1934 - The Flintridge Company House, 4155 Chevy Chase Drive, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Built by Seamans Ltd. Featured in the Los Angeles Times, 8/12/1934. Brick by Simons Brick Company. Sold in the 1940s to W. Thomas. Sold to Maria Grumbos. Several more owners. Sold in 2016 to Helen Martynov.
1934 - The Nellie Hirsh House, 10802 Ambazac Way, Los Angeles CA. Originally, according to building permits, it was 10800 Ambazac Way. The interior design was a duplex. Hirsh's sister lived in one other side. Hirsh lived with her children Dwight C. and Elizabeth and her grandson, Dwight H. Hirsh. Middle photo is from 1970 when Williams visited. Sold to Janet Jackson. Sold to Ambazac Investment Company (Harry and Florence Sloan). Top photo by Julius Shulman.
1934 - The Luella R. Garvey House, 589- 599 California Avenue, Reno NV. Sold in 2014 to the Ardeth Gadda Trust.
1934 - The Oliver L. and Margie Dolton House II, 348 North Rockingham Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Built by W. E. Robertson. Sold to the Billings Family Trust. Sold in 2012 to the Paya Family Trust. Photo by Michael Locke.
1934 - The Otto and Francis Thum House, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Status unknown
1934 - The Burt Wheeler House, Toluca Lake CA. Needs verification.
1934 - The Luther M. and Elizabeth Barrick House, 10063 Toluca Lake Avenue, Toluca Lake CA. Featured in Architectural Digest, date unknown. Interior design by W & J Sloane. Pool by Paddock Engineering. Sold to Lloyd Bacon in 1937 who had Williams do additions. Interior design by Sylvester La Chase. Sold to Tex Ritter. Sold to Mark and Darryl Ann Giardino. Sold around 2003 to Peter Facinelli and Jennie Garth as the Villa Bella Trust. Sold in 2013 to the Bill Prady Family Trust. Top photo by Michael Locke; B/W photos by Maynard Parker.
1934 - The Rodney Alexander Pantages House, 2423 Nottingham Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Howden and Howden were the builders. The Pantageses divorced in 1939. Horton Kahn bought the house and Williams did a renovation. Sold in 2000 to Noah and Tracy Wyle. Sold in 2006. Photo by Michael Locke.
1934 - The Will Hays House, Hidden Hills or Santa Barbara CA. Status unknown.
1934 - The Benjamin Hyman House, Mandeville Canyon area of Los Angeles CA. Altered in 1941 by Williams. Status unknown.
1934 - The Glenn O. Winget House, aka the Colin Smith House, 4121 Pembury Place, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Presumed built by Glenn Winget. Sold to Colin Smith. Sold to Diane Newmark. Sold in 1994 to Richard and Julie Sullivan. Sold in 2000 to Keith Taylor.
1934 - The Weaver G. and Hettiebel B. Witwer House, aka Hilltop Farm, near East Post Road SE, Cedar Rapids IA. Commissioned around 1931. Made of steel and concrete. 10,000 sf. Williams did a cabana and pool addition in 1936. Deeded to Witwer's niece and great-niece. Sold in 1987 to Ernie and Joanne Buresh who eventually donated it to the University of Iowa. Sold to Mike Pitzen.
1934 - The Leon and Bernice Schlesinger House, 1160 Benedict Canyon Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Sold to Kenneth and Ilene Leeds (since at least 1998). Photo by Michael Locke.
1934 - The Weaver Witwer House, 4400 East Post Road SE, Cedar Rapids IA. Sold to Ernie and Joanne Buresh. Appears to have been sold in 2017.
1934 - The Ransom Leslie (Les) Kelley House, 362 Copa De Oro Road, Los Angeles CA. Built by G. N. Holstein. Featured in Architect and Engineer Magazine, April 1940. Sold to Norma Smith. Sold in 1988 to Ann and Jerome (Jerry) B. Moss, who was an American recording executive best known for being the co-founder of A&M Records. For sale in 2023.
Kelley originated the Kelley Blue Book, the guide for setting resale values on used automobiles. He began the consumer guide in 1918 for his automobile dealership in Irvine, California, and he compiled enough information by 1926 that he published it for the public. Color photos and text by Michael Locke.
1935 - The Raphael, Norman, and Mariana Herman House, aka Rancho San Rafael, Reno NV. The property was sold to Dr. Herman, his brother Norman, and sister-in-law Marianne. The house and property became part of Washoe County Parks and is open to the public. Photo by Sam Brackstone, 2010 Paul Revere Williams Project.
1935 - The Hugh H. and Jane Glen House, 164 North Las Palmas Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Built by E. A. Ralston. Sold to Clark and Bettie Bonner. Sold to Ralph and Melba Farquhar. Sold in 2000. Sold in 2010 to the David Gindler Family Trust. Photo by Michael Locke.
1935 - The Hart Building Company House, 425 Parkwood Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Interior design by Simank-Searcy. Built by George M. Holstein. Featured in Architectural Digest, 1935. Sold to Gregg Davis. Sold in 1999 to the Dorothy Chanin Trust. Sold in 2018 to Zhang Zhen Zie. Top photo by Michael Locke.
1935 - The Henry M. Isaacs House, 1200 Benedict Canyon Drive, Los Angeles CA. Built by George Holstein. Sold to Joseph and Gloria Bloomberg. Sold in 2018 to Azadeh Borna. Photos by Michael Locke.
1935 - The M. René L. and Anna McCullagh Faron House, 2081 Redcliff Street, Los Angeles CA. O. K. Earl Jr. was the builder. Featured in the Los Angeles Times, 10/8/1934. Sold to Bernard Garey. Sold in 2008 to Thomas Bresnahan and Elizabeth French. Sold in 2010 to the Colleen Sullivan Trust. Top three photos by Michael Locke.
1935 - The John Charles Thomas Cabin, Lake Arrowhead CA. Status unknown.
1935 - The Robert J. Merritt House, 111 North Las Palmas Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Featured in the Los Angeles Times, 2/6/1938. Sold to the Liebig Trust. Sold in 1995 to Sasha Emerson. Sold in 1996 to Michael and Susan Shapiro. Sold in 2003 to Mitchell and Susan Kamin. Photo by Michael Locke.
1935 - The Julian Sieroty House, 1002 North Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Williams also did a renovation and addition. Stayed in the Sieroty family until 2013. Sold to Chia Soo and Kang Ting. Destroyed as of 2017. Whitten Dunn Architects designed a new house there in the style of Paul Williams, bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1935 - The Carl D. and Carolyn Devries House, 10250 Moorpark Street, Toluca Lake CA. Sold to "Tennessee" Ernie Ford. Sold to Hoagy Carmichael. Sold in 1988 to Douglas Waldron. Sold in 2005 to Gino Angelini and Elizabeth McLaury. Sold in 2012 to Howard Altman and David Douglas.
1935 - The Martin B. and Alma Loetscher House, aka Whimsy Acres, 735 Via Hierba, Santa Barbara CA. In the Hope Ranch development. Landscape design by Sydney Baumgauter. Sold in 1943 to Thomas and Anne Kindel. Deeded in 1957 to Anne Kindel. Sold in 1967 to Ann H. Wheeler. Sold in 1970 to Alfred (Fred) and Mary Hayward. Deeded in 2023 to heirs. For sale in 2024.
1935 - The Guy L. and Sadie G. Goodwin Renovation, 214 McCadden Place, Los Angeles CA. House originally built in 1926, designed by Art Winsworth. Sold to the Twerdahl Family Trust. Photo by Michael Locke.
1935 - The Max J. and Alice L. Stein House, 226 South McCarty Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Built by William and Rollo R. Howden (Howden and Howden). Sold to Robert D. and Rosemary Lazarus. Addition built in 1948 by Wolfstein and Rubel and designed by architect Joseph Kichauh. Sold in 1971 to Nancy J. and Victor Moss. For sale in 2024. Photos by Michael Locke.
1935 - The Nacio Herb Brown House, Encino CA. Likely unbuilt.
1935 - The Moshe Menuhin House, Santa Clara CA. Unbuilt. The Menuhins purchased more than 100 acres in the mountains but backed away from a plan to build a family house after sticker shock from the architect's cost estimate.
1935 - The Louis and Estelle Zalk House, 238 South McCarty Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Built by Steven Fisher. Listed in the Beverly Hills building permits as a Williams design. Sold to Herbert I. and Elaine Stein. Photo by Michael Locke.
1935 - The Joseph L. and Margaret M. Lewinson Alterations, 531 South Arden Boulevard, Los Angeles CA. Original house built in 1922 and designed by architect Elmer Grey. Alterations completed with Johnson and Frederickson Contractors. Mr. Lewinson hired Williams to make several interior alterations and revisions to the front entrance. Photos by Michael Locke. Sold in 1990 to John P. and Judith Adams. Sold in 1993 to William M. and Virginia F. Lincoln. Sold in 2007 to Barry D. Jossen and Renee Rousselot. Renovated by Tim Barber and interior designer Elizabeth Dinkel. For sale in 2023. Photos by Michael Locke.
A long time Los Angeles attorney, Mr. Lewinson had a distinguished career. He served on the Rules Committee of the Progressive Party that nominated Theodore Roosevelt, served as a professor of law at the University of North Dakota, represented the U.S. Government against the Doheny Estate in the case arising out of the Teapot Dome scandal, and served as deputy attorney general of California.
1935 - Small House Design. A 900 sf house design that could be built for $3,000.00. The walls could be of frame and stucco or of reinforced grout-lock brick masonry, with a shingle roof. Unknown if built. Featured in the L. A. Times, 5/26/1935.
1935 - The Otto Preminger House, Brentwood area of Los Angeles CA. Status unknown.
1936 - The George and Evelyn Castera House, aka the Castera-Ward House, 651 Siena Way, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1935. Built by George M. Holstein Jr. Designated Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #893. Featured in Architectural Digest, 1935. Sold in 1963 to Edgar B. and Jane Wyatt Ward. Sold to the California Community Foundation. Sold in 2011 to Serge and Florence Azria. Sold in 2020 to Laura Dimaggio.
1936 - The Edmund and Irene Bastheim House II, 10433 Lindbrook Drive, Los Angeles CA. Built by F. B. Layne. Sold in 2017. As of October 2020 the house has been torn down to the foundation. Second photo by Michael Locke.
1936 - aka the Steel House, aka the Better-Home Cottage, next to the French House at 1234 Sunset Plaza Drive, Los Angeles CA. Designed for the California House and Garden Exhibition. Featured in Architectural Digest, 1935; Architectural Forum, July 1936; the Los Angeles Times, 6/7/1936; and The 1938 Book of Small Houses. To the right in top photo. Destroyed. A large Modernist house designed by Hagy Belzberg was built on the site (and adjacent lots) in 2013.
1936 - The Frank S. and Mildred Millette House, 560 Loring Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1935. Sold to Hilan Keagy. Den addition in 1983 by Cikton Peters. Sold to Edmund Sabet. Sold in 1997 to Ronald J. and Paula Davidson. Photo by Michael Locke.
1936 - The Leona H. Tyler House, 810 North Crescent Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Built by Garrett Tyler. Sold by 1938 to Paul Walkins. Sold to the Stuart and Grace Krakover Family Trust. Photo by Michael Locke.
1936 - The Opie B. and Edna Howd House, 630 North Sierra Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Featured in Architectural Digest, date unknown. Interiors by Bullock's Department Store, where Mr. Howd was a merchandise and department manager. Built by C. B. Olerich. Sold to Avram and Barbara Jacobson. Photo by Michael Locke.
1936 - The Thomas Hamilton Estate, aka Hamiltair, Arrowhead CA.
1936 - The Barbara Stanwyck Renovations, 718 North Hillcrest Road, Beverly Hills CA. Sold in the 1960s to Don Knotts. Sold around 1985 to Alan B. Smalley. Destroyed, then a new house built, bottom photo.
1936 - The Norman B. Herman House, Reno NV.
1936 - The Daniel M. Trott House, 366 North Las Palmas Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Built by Henry Coley. Engineering by George T. Fosdyke. Sold to the David and Carol Berger Trust. Photo by Michael Locke.
1936 - The Hamlin Weldon Nerney House, 711 North Crescent Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Built by O'Neal and Son. Listed in the Beverly Hills building permits as a Williams design. Two stories. Featured in the Los Angeles Times, 9/20/1936. Sold in 1975 to J. H. and Marcella N. Karp. Sold in 1997 to Hidetoshi and Yoko Asakora. Sold in 2011 to the Moussa Shaaya Living Trust. Photo by Michael Locke.
1936 - The Benjamin Zukor House, 915 Amalfi Drive, Pacific Palisades CA. Built by O'Neal and Son. Sold to the Rebecca Lever Trust. Sold in 2017 to the Blue Sycamore Trust. Although technically not completely bulldozed, virtuallly all the Williams is gone.
1936 - 3873 Alomar Drive, Sherman Oaks CA. Cited by the Movieland Directory as a Paul Williams design; however the building permit says the architect was H. C. Howard.
1936 - The Oscar Oldknown House, 10771 Bellagio Road, aka the Bellagio House, Los Angeles CA. The LA Times reports the house was designed by S. Charles Lee in 1936. No evidence of Williams' involvement. Expanded to a cavernous 20,000sf by William Hefner.
1936 - The E. S. Hall House, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Status unknown.
1936 - The Frank W. Matthiessen House, Beverly Hills CA. Status unknown.
1936 - The James H. and Frances Meriwether Renovation, 719 North Alpine Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Sold to the Ingrid Urich Sass/Von Heinsburg Family Trust. Photo by Michael Locke.
1936 - The John Rush McCoy House, Northridge CA. Unbuilt.
1936 - The Mulvey White House, originally 170 Muriel Avenue, Brentwood, Los Angeles CA. Built by Alan D. Herrington. The address was changed in 1946 to 170 North Canyon View. In 1963, the address changed to 166 when lot was divided and a second house was built in front. The second house took the old 170 address. Renovations in 1963. Sold to Norman Katkov. Remodeled in 1977 by architect Lorenzo Tedesco. Deeded to William Katkov. Renovations in 1996 designed by Mulder-Katkov. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1936 - The Morris and Lena Joseph Shuwarger House, 333 South Beverly Glen Boulevard, Los Angeles CA. Featured in: the Los Angeles Times, 11/22/1936; Architectural Digest, January 1947; and the TV show, Feud. Sold to E. E. Wartnik. Interior renovation by Adele Faulkner. Renovations around that same time by Williams. Sold to Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman; then deeded to Jane Wyman around 1949 when they divorced. Sold in 1956 to Harry and Ruth Roman who owned it for 60+ years. B/W photos by Robert C. Cleveland; bottom three color photos by Dennis Hill. Sold in 2018 to 333 S Beverly Glen LLC (Adam and Samantha Kriger).
1936 - The Morris Landau House, 638 North Faring Road, Los Angeles CA. Featured in the Los Angeles Times, 11/22/1936. Sold to Ron Perelman and Ellen Barkin. Sold to Harvard Westlake School. Sold in 2005 (house only) to Robin Salzer and Ann-Marie Villicana for $1 in 2005. It was disassembled and put in storage in Santa Clarita. Zoning requirements took years. They finally reassembled it at 610 West Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena CA, and moved in during 2014 (bottom photo).
1936 - The Jacob (Jay) and Lilian Paley House, 1060 Brooklawn Drive, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned around 1935. Landscape design by Edward Huntsman- Trout. Built by O'Neal and Son. The interior design by Harriet Schellenberger was removed after Paley died. Featured a Zodiac-style pool built by Paddock Engineering. Featured in Architectural Digest, 1937 and September 1968. Sold around 1961 to Barron Hilton. Interior renovation by Kathryn Crawford, color photos. Sold in 2021 to Eric Schmidt.
1936 - 152 West El Camino Way, Palm Springs CA. Sold to William and Lois Deschner. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1936 - The Judy Canova House, 1194 North Vía Miraleste, Palm Springs CA. Sold since at least 1988 to John and Jill Manly. Possibly sold in 2017, needs verification.
1936 - The ZaSu Pitts and John E. Woodall House, 241 North Rockingham Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Featured in the Los Angeles Times, 5/24/1937. Features a hidden stairway, opened by pulling a book from the bookshelf. Sold to Linda Ronstadt. Sold to Thomas Tellefson. Sold to Gary and Maria Gersh. Sold in 2006 to the Jeffrey Haines Trust. Sold later in 2006 to the Hold 4 Us Trust, Mark Schwartz, Trustee. Sold in 2019 to Timothy Joseph and Elisabeth Barbro Ward.
1936 - The Frank S. and Lillian Hoover Apartments, aka Sunset Plaza Apartments, 1220 Sunset Plaza Drive, Los Angeles CA. Designed with Lester Sherer. Commissioned 1935. Built by I. M. Pickens. Featured in the Los Angeles Times, 8/9/1936. Williams did a two-story addition in 1937. This is Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #233 (1980). Despite that, it was destroyed in 1987, replaced with a 1990 house, bottom photo.
1936 - The Herbert G. Day House, 914 Stradella Road, Los Angeles CA. Built by Ralston, Hadley, and Park. Featured in the Los Angeles Times, 2/9/1936. Renumbered to 910 North Stradella. Sold to the Jeanne McDonald Trust.
1936 - The Joseph M. and Eleanor Harris House, 111 North Mapleton Drive, Los Angeles CA. Sold to Georgia Bullock Dunbar and Weston Lloyd. Williams also did kitchen alterations in 1962; interiors by Laura Mako. Featured in the Los Angeles Times, 11/11/1962. Sold to Rosa Stadner and Joseph Mankiewicz. Sold to Aaron and Candy Spelling. Sold in 2002 to Mark and Susan Cohen. Renovation by Craig Wright and Richard Manion. Sold in 2011 to Satin and Bacon Savitsky.
1936 - The Samson Raphaelson House, Pacific Palisades CA. He was the writer of the Jazz Singer. Likely unbuilt.
1936 - The Grace Moore and Valentin Perera House, 139 North Saltair Avenue, Los Angeles CA. The couple never lived there. Sold in 1939 to Tyrone and Annabella Power (pictured above). Addition in 1941 with permit signed by Power. Featured in Architectural Digest, April 1994. Interior design by John Luccareni. Sold to actor Clifton Webb. Sold to James and Patricia Maloney; Maloney Living Trust. Sold in 2021 to Chris Bucci, trustee for Saltair Trust. Top two photos by Michael Locke.
1936 - The Thomas Foster Hamilton Estate, 27784 Hamiltair Drive, Lake Arrowhead CA. Completed in 1940. Sold in 2004 to Dennis Lavinthal. Sold in 2019 to Mike Feddersen and Thomas McClay.
1936 - The Watterson R. Rothacker House, 185 Denslow Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Built by Ralston Hadley and Park. Sold to H. Stevens. Sold to Arthur Keith. Sold in the late 1980s to Kenton (Ken) and Chery Horacek, who did an addition. Middle photo by Michael Locke; last photo by Chery Horacek.
1936 - The Charles S. and Dorothea Scherer House, 2634 Laurel Canyon Boulevard, Los Angeles CA. Sold in 2012 to Gerritt Lydecker in foreclosure. For sale in 2022. Photo, top, courtesy of Dusan Simonovic, Estate Photos LA; others by Michael Locke.
1937 - The Watterson R. and Aileen E. A. Rothacker House, 201 South Beverly Glen Boulevard, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1936. Built by William C. Warmington. Featured in the Los Angeles Times, 3/14/1937 and 4/3/1937. Sold in 1971. Sold to Ann F. Ascher. Sold in 2014 to the William and Allison Bennington Living Trust. For sale in 2022. Photos by Michael Locke.
Rothacker was president of Rothacker Film Manufacturing Company and served on the Academy of Motion Pictures Executive Committee.
1937 - The Beatrice Oden House, 1182 Sunset Hills Road, formerly 1176 Sunset Hills Road, Los Angeles CA. Built by D. C. Goldware. Sold to Constance Shulman. Sold in 1998 to Richard Cassesse. Sold in 1999 to Brandon Hoskins. Sold in 2001 to Daniel Adler. Sold in 2003 to the Ginsberg Trust. Sold in 2005 to the David and Karen Griffiths Trust. Sold in 2009 to Ellen Sassa. Top photo by Michael Locke.
1937 - The Grace Moore and Valentin Perera Renovation, 407 North Rockingham Avenue, Los Angeles CA. House was built in 1925. There is no evidence that Williams designed this renovation.
1937 - The Jennie Schnyder House, 336 Loring Avenue, Los Angeles CA. For sale in 2017, claimed as a Williams. However, the building permit says the architect was Saul G. Brown. Built by Max Rosenberg.
1937 - The Dwight Howard Hart House, aka the French House, 1234 Sunset Plaza Drive, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1936. Built by O'Neal and Son. Located next door to the Steel House. Interior design by Cannell and Chaffin. Designed for the California House and Garden Exhibition, last photo. First sold as a wedding gift to Hart's daughter Maizelle and her husband Felix H. McGinness. Featured in Architectural Digest, 1936. Featured in the Los Angeles Times, 8/9/1936; also in the 1938 Book of Small Houses. Sold to Jack and Mae G. Stein. Destroyed. A large Modernist house designed by Hagy Belzberg was built on the site (and adjacent lots) in 2013.
1937 - The Charles M. Gooding House, Bel Air area of Los Angeles CA. Likely unbuilt. Gooding was living at 2247 North Gower until at least 1942.
1937 - The George L. and Myrtle Fernbacher House, 632 North Sierra Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Sold to Stuart Holden. Sold in 2001 to Martin and Shelley Cooper aka The Kirkwood-Cooper Family Trust. Photo by Michael Locke.
1937 - The Thomas D. and Pauline O'Brien House, 320 Crown Drive, Los Angeles CA. Featured in the Los Angeles Times, 5/23/1937. Owned by Augustus V. and Pearl Spencer in 1951. Sold in 1991 to Youse and Pari Ghodooshim. Photo by Michael Locke.
1937 - The Barbara Stanwyck Renovations, aka Rancho Cordillera del Norte, aka Oakridge Estate, aka Marwyck Ranch, 18650 Devonshire Street, Northridge CA. Designed originally by Robert Finkelhor, not by Williams.
Stanwyck's real name was Ruby Stevens. Commissioned 1936. Built by Charles Nielson. Sold to Jack and Victoria Oakie. Williams did several renovations in the 1940s. Victoria Oakie donated it to USC in 2003. Sold to a developer. Sold to the City of Los Angeles for preservation. Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #484.
1937 - The Leroy C. and Gertrude McCann House, 158 Greenfield Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Not a Williams design; Godfrey Bailey was the architect. Sold to Saul and Victoria Faerstein.
1937 - The Harry J. and Sally Eilers Brown House, 625 Mountain Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Commissioned around 1934. Built by O'Neal and Son. Sold in 1949 to Nunnally Johnson. Renovated in 1988. Sold to the Robert E. and Margie Petersen Living Trust. Sold in 2013 to the Ezra and Lauren Kest Family Trust. Destroyed; according to Beverly Hills records, the house was declared structurally unsafe plus it had large amounts of Creosote, a cancer-causing wood preservative.
1937 - The William Happ House, 2282 Mandeville Canyon Road, Los Angeles CA. Featured in the Los Angeles Times, 4/4/37. Commissioned 1934. Destroyed in 2011. Still a vacant lot as of 2016.
1937 - The Eddie "Rochester" Anderson House, 1932 Rochester Circle (formerly addressed as 3700 Cimarron), Los Angeles CA. By the late 1930s Eddie Anderson was one of the best paid Black performers in Hollywood. He bought several West Adams neighborhood homes and tore them down to build the larger home. He specified that upon his death, the house would be a rehab center for substance abusers. Anderson's son, Eddie Anderson Jr., opened it in 1989. As of 2016, the house is a short-term rental for artists, musicians, and actors. Still owned by the Anderson family. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1937 - The Frank W. Wead House, Los Angeles CA. Unsure if built.
1937 - The Marcus O. and Essie Tucker House, 1958 20th Street, Santa Monica CA. Built by Wince V. King. Deeded to Marcus O. Tucker Jr. Sold in 2019 to Socal Capital Investments, LLC. Photo by Michael Locke.
1937 - The T. Keith and Ruth Adams Glennan House, 10475 Bellagio Road, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1936. Mr. Glennan was studio manager of Paramount Pictures and Samuel Goldwyn Studios, 4th President of Case Institute of Technology, and the first administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Sold to William A. and Betty Wilson. Sold to Renee Zellweger via trustee Robert C. Kopple. Sold in 2002 to the Weber Trust (actress Debra Messing and husband Daniel Zelman). Renovated by architect Dennis Gibbens. Sold in 2013 to 10475 Bellagio Road LLC. Photo by Michael Locke.
1937 - The Grace Moore and Valentin Perera Cabin, Lake Arrowhead CA. Unbuilt, as they moved to CT. Photo above of them on the lake.
1937 - The Hobert Henley Beach House, Hermosa Beach CA. Likely unbuilt.
1937 - The Lee and Claire Marcus House, 1152 San Ysidro Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Built by J. Frank Wadkins. Sold to Meredith Willson. Sold to Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh Curtis. Sold to Jeff Chandler. Sold to Patrick A. Curtis and Raquel Welch Curtis. Sold to Joe R. and Karen Eisaman. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1937 - The L. Lee Garlow House, 989 Moraga Drive, Los Angeles CA. Built by E. F. Thompson. Photo by Michael Locke.
1937 - The Nat C. and Bernice C. Goldstone House, 10372 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles CA. Renovated in 1980. Sold to the Barbara M. Knight Revocable Trust. Sold in 2012 to Dennis and Cynthia Gilbert. For sale 2019-2020. Middle photo by Michael Locke.
1937 - The Langston Public Housing Project, 2101 G Street Northeast, Washington DC. A Public Works Administration project. Designed by Hilyard Robinson with Williams assisting.
1937 - The William G. and Edna O. Austin Residence, 1495 Mirasol Drive, San Marino CA. William G. Austin was an architect, one of six children of prolific Los Angeles architect John C. Austin and Hilda V. Austin. He worked in his father's practice along with architect Frederick M. Ashley at the time the house was built. Photo by Michael Locke.
1938 - The Julian A. and Betty Ganz House, 10515 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Sold to Marcia Roth. Sold in 1996 to Mark and Polly Bamberger. Photo by Michael Locke.
1937 - The Walter D. K. Gibson Jr. House, 4200 Beresford Way, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Remodel and addition in 1954. Sold to the Erwin Trust. Sold in 2002 to Mel Woods. Sold in 2009 to the Moss-Atkinson Trust. Sold in 2012 to Anne Karayan. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1937 - The Sidney and Shirley Mason Lanfield House, 1575 Capri Drive (alternate address 1570 Amalfi Drive), Pacific Palisades CA. Architect Michael Kip Kelly designed a two-story accessory living quarter in 2003. Sold in 1948 to Mignon Woidemann Winans. Sold in 1977 to Sylvester E. and Sasha Czack Stallone. Sold in 1988 to Horacio C. and Luz C. Vignali in 1988. Sold in 1995 to George and Roberta Torres DBA Elkhan. Sold in 1997 to television writer and producer Steven Bochco and actress Barbara Bosson. Deeded in 2018 to Jesse Bochco. For sale in 2022. Photos by Michael Locke.
Lanfield (1898–1972) was a motion picture director best known for romances and light comedy films and later television programs including his most profitable film, The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1939. He later directed television comedies, including Where's Raymond?, McHale's Navy, and The Addams Family. He married actress Shirley Mason in 1927; the couple remained together until his death in 1972.
1938 - The Frank and Alice Harvey Sr. House, 2512 7th Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1936. Sold to Frank and Gayle Beavers. Sold in 2000 to Albert and Kimberly Sanford III. Sold in 2019 to Giancarlo Gomez. Top photo by Michael Locke.
1938 - The Felix Chappellet House I, Beverly Hills CA. Likely unbuilt.
1938 - The Felix Chappellet House II, Whittier CA.
1938 - The Jack and Alberta Pearl Dawn House, Cheviot Hills CA. Likely unbuilt. The Dawns were still living at their old house at 15426 Valley Vista in Sherman Oaks as of 1940.
1938 - The Victor M. and Cecilia Dillon House, 255 Santa Clara Avenue, San Francisco CA. Sold to the Gaetke Family Trust. Sold in 1994 to Janeann Bailly.
1938 - The Frank R. Wood House, aka Liongate, 616 Nimes Road, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned around 1937. Built by John H. Simpson. Featured in the Los Angeles Times, 7/25/1937 and 8/28/1938. Original house was about 9300sf. Sold in the 1970s to musician Kenny Rogers who named it Liongate. Sold to several Europeans who expanded it to over 24000sf. Sold in 2015.
1938 - The Charles M. Weinberg House, 100 North Delfern Drive, Los Angeles CA. Sold around 1955 to Buddy Adler. Sold around 1975 to Eva Gabor, who lived there until her death in 1995. Sold to J. Jamerson. Sold to the Murray Black Trust (Mag Black). Some websites claim Frank Sinatra, Audrey Hepburn, and Katherine Hepburn lived there; needs verification. Scheduled to be destroyed in 2019.
1938 - The Charles J.
and Alice Correll House, aka Maison du Soleil, 10250
West Sunset Boulevard,
Los Angeles CA. Built by Glenn O. Winget. Correll was the
white actor who played the Black character Andy in the Amos
and Andy radio show. Featured in the Los
Angeles Times 8/21/1938; and Architectural
Digest. B/W photos by
Maynard Parker. Architects Goldsmith & Chi designed an
addition to the garden room, added two bay windows, a bath
and enlarged the bedroom for owner J. Robertson in 1973.
Sold in 1978 to Sidney and Alexandra Sheldon who doubled the
house size in 1990 using Steven Kanner Associates.
Kanner designed a second kitchen, added in 1992. Sold in
2005 to Tom Gores. Sold later in 2005 to Max Azria who did
another expansion to 30,000sf including a 6,000sf theatre.
The pool house retains the most intact Williams design. For
sale 2016-2024. Photos by Michael Locke.
1938 - aka Longridge Manor Development, aka Longridge Estates, in the San Fernando Valley. Developed by Barker Brothers. Featured in the Los Angeles Times, 3/15/1938 and 7/17/1938. Williams designed the English Manor model.
1938 - The Robert J. and Fritzi Fulton House, 227 South Roxbury Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Built by Frank A. Woodyard. Lighting by Edward Carr. Featured in Architectural Digest. Sold to the J. L. Goldner Family Trust. B/W photos by Maynard Parker; color photo by David Horan.
1938 - Renovation, 601 Woodruff Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Original house designed by Arthur W. Hawes. Renovated 1955. Sold to Professor Majl Ewing. Sold to W. S. Morrissey. Sold in 1998 to Peter A. Morton. Sold in 2012 to the David Jacobs Trust.
1938 - The Gladys Collins Lehman House, 9956 Toluca Lake Avenue, Toluca Lake CA. Featured in Architectural Digest. Glen O. Winget was the builder. Corliss, Grant, and Cornell did the painting and interiors. Commissioned 1937. 1958 alterations for a Mr. Morrell. Sold to Robert C. Wian, who had Williams do a renovation. Sold to Robert and Vana M. Farina. Sold in 2017 to The Minasyan Family Trust. Second photo by Michael Locke.
1938 - The Irwin S. and Jean Helen Metzler House, 814 North Roxbury Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Built by E. P. Dentzel. Sold in 1993. Sold to Keenan and Orna Wolens (since at least 2013). Photo by Michael Locke.
1938 - The G. H. Black House, 1721 Coldwater Canyon Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Built by George M. Holstein Jr. Sold to the Gross Trust. Sold in 1995 to Thayer LTD. Sold in 1995 to Terry Stept. Sold in 2002 to Seth and Victoria Ersoff. Sold in 2012 to Anthony Choe and Katherine Choi, in 2016 deeded to the Choi-Choe Trust. Restored by architect Gus Duffy. Top photo by Michael Locke.
1939 - The Carl D. and Carolyn DeVries House II, 10030 Toluca Lake, Toluca Lake CA. Sold to Arnold and Melina Stevens. Photos by Michael Locke.
1939 - The Earle M. and Esther Myrtle Daniels Renovation, 2110 Hill Drive, Eagle Rock CA. The original 1930 house was designed by Harold S. Johnson. The Daniels were robbed by their servants in 1935. Williams also did alterations and additions in 1946. Sold to J. L. and S. L. Christensen. Sold in 2004 to Nalliah Rajah and Noeline Shanmugan. Photo by Michael Locke.
1939 - The El Reno Apartments, 1307 Virginia Street, Reno NV. Address needs verification. Roland "Joe" Giroux developed 15 small detached apartments to attract Reno's transient work force, tourists, an ubiquitous divorce-seekers using Williams 1934 Lea Steel home design. Each unit was furnished and fitted out with the latest of Westinghouse kitchen appliances. As many as 13 of the original 15 survive as of 2000. Bottom photo by Sam Brackstone, 2010 Paul Revere Williams Project.
1939 - The Norman and Julie Taurog House, 243 North Delfern Drive, Los Angeles CA. Although widely cited, even in TV documentaries, as a Paul Williams house, the architect was Leland F. Fuller. Built by George Fosdyke. According to Los Angeles county records, it was sold in 1943 to the 910 Judson Avenue Building Corporation. Sold in 1959 to Paul J. Thorn Jr. Sold in 1960 to Sonja Henie Onstad. Her husband, Niels Onstad, sold the house in 1974 to actress Connie Stevens. Sold in 2016 to 243 Delfern LLC, Perry Cohan and David Neman. For rent in 2017.
1939 - The Frederick Ray House, 13158 Boca de Canon Lane, Los Angeles CA. Sold in 1959. Sold to the Robert and David Becker Trust. Sold in 2020 to Bocade Canon, LLC. Photo by Michael Locke.
1939 - The Gibbey-Simon House, Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles CA. Unbuilt.
1939 - The Gretchen Frye House, Santa Barbara CA. Nothing found, presumed unbuilt.
1939 - The James Fickett House, Arrowhead Springs CA. Nothing found, presumed unbuilt.
1939 - The Jay Paley House, Lake Arrowhead CA. Nothing found, presumed unbuilt.
1939 - The Joseph Schenck Renovations, Arrowhead Springs CA. Nothing found, presumed unbuilt.
1939 - The Leon G. and Lillian Cuenin House, 2555 Divisadero Street, San Francisco CA. Built by A. F. Mattock. Featured in Architect and Engineer Magazine, June 1940. B/W photos by Charlotte Sibley. Sold to the Mein Trust. Sold in 1996 to John and Judith Bretschneider. Sold in 1997 to Paul and Sharon Smith. Sold in 2000 to Randy Bandman. Sold in 2006 to Charles Phillips. Sold in 2008 to Blue Pencil LLC. Sold in 2010 to Jeffrey Horowitz.
1939 - The Loomis Manor Apartments, 1045 Riverside Drive, Reno NV. Photo by Sam Brackstone, 2010 Paul Revere Williams Project.
1939 - The Myron Z. and Margaret Meyer House, 12211 Iredell Street, Studio City CA. At some point the address was changed to 12211. Former address was 12175 Iredell. Sold to Nancy Dussault. Sold around 2006 to Alan and Tracy Shaffer, later put in their trust. Photo by Michael Locke.
1939 - The St. Cyr and Kathleen Hookstratten House, 11706 North Circle Drive, Whittier CA. Sold in 1955 to Alan R. White. Sold to Margaret Pedersen. Sold in 1992 to Robert Gockel, deeded to the Robert Gockel Heritage House Trust. Local landmark #35. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1939 - The Charles H. and Edith Mikesell Hess House, 2209 La Mesa Drive, Santa Monica CA. Mr. Hess was a one-time Sioux City merchant where he organized the American Notion Company in 1911. The company expanded and became the Sibley-Hess Company, a wholesale dry goods firm and later, the Hess-Mallory Company of which he was president. He retired to Los Angeles in 1939. Sold to Mark and Patricia Walzman. Photos and text by Michael Locke.
1939 - The Ferdinand R. and Elizabeth Bain House, 225 North Delfern Drive, Los Angeles CA. Sold to the Arletta Tronstein Living Trust.
1939 - The Ella May Warfield House, 2201 La Mesa Drive, Santa Monica CA. E. P. Dentzel was the builder. Sold to the Frances Kent Trust. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1939 - The Prefab House. Built by Knap America. Featured in California Arts and Architecture, January 1939. Do you know where it is?
1939 - The Talton R. Craig House, aka Peppergate Ranch, 8431 Pinelake Drive, West Hills CA. Former address was 8414 Circle Drive. Featured in California Arts and Architecture, April 1940. Interior design by John Luccareni. Altered in 1946 by Cliff May. Sold to Laszlo Kadlacsik. Sold to Terrence Cooney. Sold in 1988 to Paul Golding. Sold in 1990 to Fay Brown. Sold in 2008 to Dodd and Elizabeth Harris. Designated a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 2011 (No. 992). Bottom two photos by Michael Locke.
1939 - The Howard L. and Ruth H. Burrell Addition, 4731 Los Feliz Boulevard, Los Angeles CA. Original house designed for W. H. Burlinger by architects Roy L. Jones and Dick M. Ward in 1925. For sale in 2022. Photo by Michael Locke.
Burrell (1900-1953) was a prominent attorney, graduating from the University of California in 1922 and receiving his JD from the University of Southern California in 1925. He died of a heart ailment at the wheel of his car at the age of 53. At the time of his death, he was a member of the Los Angeles law firm Elvon Mussick and Howard Burrell.
1940 - The Sam Workman House, 2301 Bowmont Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Commissioned in 1939. Featured in Architectural Digest, January 1958. Interior design by Anthony Forsythe from Barker Brothers. Photos by Maynard Parker. Sold to Ernie Kovacs. Sold to Dean Valentine and Amy Adelson.
1939 - The Samuel Zagon House, aka Eleven Palms, 3222 Benda Place, formerly 3118 Hollycrest, Los Angeles CA. Triangular lot. Sold in the early 1960s to Marlon Brando. His housemate was Wally Cox. Contains a secret room behind a bookcase. Brando and Cox moved out in 1968. The property became LA Yoga IYI, a private yoga center and ashram popular with celebrities like Carole King, James Taylor and Stacy Keach. Sold in the early 1970s to David Carradine and Barbara Hershey. Sold to John B. Lima. Sold in 1997 to Geoffrey and Lisa White. Sold in 2007 to John S. (Jack) Baumann. Sold in 2017 to Anne B. Cavalero and the Eleven Palms Trust. Marker photos by Michael Locke.
1939 - The Benjamin H. and Katherine C. Graham House, 432 East 46th Street, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1938. Interiors by Barker Brothers. Sold in 1996 to Yesenia Gonzales. Sold around 2008 to Kip Cyprus. Sold in 2008 to Sylvia and Javier Flores. Photo by Michael Locke.
Around 1939 - The Norman and Winona Stephens Renovation, aka Jessie Murphy Ranch, Pacific Palisades. According to Curbed, the couple were Nazi sympathizers influenced by a Herr Schmidt who convinced them to finance a command center where Nazis in the US could hide out. They spent about $4 million "to build an infrastructure that would be enough for a small town," including concrete staircases, terracing, sprinklers, orchards, a water tank, a fuel tank, and a diesel power station." There were also plans for a four-story mansion, designed first by Welton Becket, and later by Williams, including 22 bedrooms, five libraries, and multiple dining rooms.
Needs verification. Paul Williams either designed the original 1933 Murphy house or the 1939 modifications.
Federal agents stormed the Murphy Ranch on December 8, 1941 (the day after the Pearl Harbor bombing) and Schmidt was arrested. The Stephens lived on the property until 1948 then it was sold to the Huntington Hartford Foundation. Buildings are gone. Gate ruins were still there as of 2011.
1939 - The Charles E. and Anna McGinley Renovation, 1821 Victoria Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Although technically a renovation, McGinley bought two adjacent lots and had Williams create a new larger house on the shell of the old one. Sold to Patricia Bolds. Sold in 1989 to William D. Keith. Sold in 1994 to Paul and Gloria Cade. Originally painted white, it became a red brick exterior. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1939 - The William Payne House, aka the LEA House, 207 Atherton Avenue, Atherton CA. Commissioned 1938. Built by A. F. Matteck. Featured in Architect and Engineer Magazine, June 1940. Sold to Gerald J. and Marjorie J. Burnett. Sold in 2005 to Stefan and Margareta Encrantz. Restored in 2007 by architect Andrews Skurman. 11,000 sf. Sold in 2016 to Century Frontier Limited.
1940 - The Charles Cord House, 224 Denslow Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Cord was the son of Williams client E. L. Cord. Featured in the LA Times, 5/5/1940. Cord never lived there. Sold in 1944 to Mary Clapp. Pool added in 1946. Sold in 1953. Renovated in 1978. Sold in 1996 to Cynthia Pett Dante. Sold in 2000 to the Joan A. Williams Trust. Second photo by Michael Locke.
1940 - The Melvin and Pauline Hirsh House, 544 South Loring, Los Angeles CA. Sold in 1988 to the Measer Family Trust. Photo by Michael Locke.
1940 - The O. E. Hering House, 257 Vincent Avenue, Metairie LA. Mrs. Hering hired a local architect to travel to Los Angeles and copy Williams' 1936 French house. Sold in 1982 to Terence (Terry) and Henrietta (Henri) Hall who decided to tear it down in 2001 and re-create the Williams original but larger. George Hopkins Jr. was the reconstruction architect. It was finished in 2005.
1940 - The Leon and Stella B. Errol House, 4701 Sancola Avenue, Toluca Lake CA. Commissioned 1939. Sold to William Holden and Brenda Marshall. Ronald and Nancy Reagan had their 1952 wedding reception there. Featured in Architectural Digest, April 1992. Sold in 1993 to Denzel and Pauletta Washington. Sold in 2000 to the Hampton Family Trust. Sold in 2019 to the Joseph Brian Earley and Adrian de Jesus Alvarez Revocable Trust. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1940 - The Nellie Payton Hunt House, 7 Oakmont Drive (formerly 641 Oakmont), Los Angeles CA. She was widowed from Willis G. Hunt. Built by E. P. Dentzel. Williams designed a renovation in 1947. Sold in 1956 to William D. Armistead, who hired Williams for renovations. Sold in 2002 to Michelle Pfeiffer and David E. Kelley as the Hogan Trust. At the time they owned the house next door and used this as a guest house. Sold in 2005 to Ezri and Ilana Namvar. Sold in 2008 to the Robert and Soraiya Hanasab Trust. Saved from demolition in 2013. Declared an LA landmark in 2014.
1940 - Renovation, 606 Trenton Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Original house designed by Arthur Hawes. Renovated and expanded by architect Budd Holden. Sold to the Factor Trust, as of 2011 Trenton 606 LLC, Max Factor III trustee.
1940 - 10801 Winnetka Avenue, Chatsworth CA. Built by R. R. Howden. Sold in about 1946 to Victor Borge. Eric Boline designed the furniture. Featured in the LA Times, 10/28/1951.
1940 - The Bellande House, Brentwood area of Los Angeles CA. Unbuilt.
1940 - The Charlotte Phillips House, Toluca Lake CA. Unbuilt.
1941 - The Bert and Mildred V. Lahr Estate, 9555 Heather Road, Beverly Hills CA. Has a bowling alley. Three separate structures totaling approximately 15,000sf. Sold in 1943 to Harry James and Betty Grable. Sold in 1948 to Charles and Mabel Huthsing. Sold in 1949 to Isaac Zentner. Sold later in 1949 to Milton and Evelyn Silverman. Sold in 1954 to Howard and Helen Keel. Sold in 1970 to Leon R. Miller. Sold in 1975 to Michael D. Chapman. Sold in 1989 to Donnie Wayne Johnson (Don Johnson). Sold to Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson. Deeded to the Don Johnson Living Trust. Sold in 1999 to Guy J. and Yuki U. Attal who did a renovation. Deeded in 2014 to the Guy Attal Trust. For sale or rent in 2018. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1941 - The Ernest Lobban (E. L.) Cord Ranch, aka Nevada Circle L Ranch, Dyer/Silver Peak/Fish Lake NV. Commissioned 1940. In August of 1945, the Cords moved back to Beverly Hills and the ranch became more of a working ranch and weekend house. In 1955 the Cords moved to Reno NV. The house was still standing as of 2012.
1941 - 566 Amalfi Drive, Los Angeles CA has been called "Williams-style" but he did not design it.
1941 - The Henry and Grace Ford Salvatori House, 457 Bel Air Road (also addressed 10463 Bellagio Road), Los Angeles CA. Commissioned in 1940. Featured in the LA Times, 6/1/1941. Williams did renovations in 1961. In 1976, the house was robbed of $450,000 in property. Sold in 1997 to Gary Winnick. Sold to David Murdock. Destroyed in 2000.
1941 - The Lucy and Desi Arnaz Ranch, aka Desilu Ranch, 19700 Devonshire Boulevard, Chatsworth CA. Commissioned 1940. Built by R. R. Howden. Sold and destroyed in the 1970s for commercial development.
1941 - The Rollo R. and Lucille Howden House, 15412 Valley Vista Boulevard, Sherman Oaks CA. Photos by Michael Locke.
1941 - The William W. Clary Renovation and Addition, 515 North Canon Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Original house built in 1908 by Alec Dugally.
1941 - The John Rush McCoy Renovation, 326 South Hudson Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Needs verification; no reference to Williams on any of the permits. Williams may have also designed a house for McCoy in Malibu, unbuilt.
1941 - The Basic Magnesium Project, Saguaro Street, in what is now Henderson NV. Previously it was the town of Basic, built for the workers of BMI. 1,000 homes. One of the developments, known as the segregated Carver Park, was on the east side of Boulder Highway near Lake Mead drive. Carver Park had 64 units for single workers, 104 one-bedroom units, 104 two-bedroom units and 52 three- bedroom apartments. The development also included a school and recreation hall. The development officially opened in October 1943. Above photo is of the original Carver Park. Many of the units were destroyed between 1994 and 1999.
1941 - The Brian Foy and Vivian Edwards House, 706 Lausanne Road, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1937. Built by F. B. Layne. Interiors by John Luccareni. Featured in the LA Times, 8/15/1937. Sold to the Carl McGinnis Estate. Sold in 2004 to Mike and Rebecca Hartmeier. Bottom photo by Michael Locke.
1941 - The George C. Earley House, 1727 Putney Road, Pasadena CA. Sold in 2009 to Arby Nahapetian. Photo by Susan Hayek.
1941 - The Albertson Company House, Hidden Valley CA. Needs verification.
1941 - The E. Y. Harburg House, 191 North Bentley Avenue, Los Angeles CA.
1941 - The Everett Crosby House I, Poughkeepsie NY.
1941 - The Getty Residence, Brentwood area of Los Angeles CA.
1941 - The H. E. Bishop House, Pacific Palisades CA.
1941 - The Joe Newman House, Northridge CA.
1941 - The Leslie R. and Aileen Berry Lumley House, 1209 North Granada Street, San Marino CA. Destroyed around 1965 for apartments/condos.
1941 - The M. W. Lipper House, 560 North Beverly Glen Boulevard, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1940. Sold to Nathan Hankin. Sold in 2011 to Copa de Oro, LLC (Rajinder and Veena Malhotra).
1941 - The Mauricio Botero House, Columbia CA or Columbia, South America. Needs verification.
1941 - The Page Gilman House, 141 North Bentley Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Built by Ben Harwood. Renovated 1978. Sold to Joan K. Graham. Sold to Christie Steven Tyler and Susan Tyler. Architect Lisa Landworth designed a 1994 addition, enlarging the maid’s room and kitchen. Sold in 2004 to Johnathan and Shelly Flicker. Sold in 2010 to Betim and David Anthony, who had the house destroyed in 2019 and subsequently had a new house built on the site in the same year. Photo of replacement, bottom, by Michael Locke.
1941 - The Pueblo Del Rio Public Housing Project, 1801 East 53rd Street, Los Angeles CA. 400 units. Designed with Richard Neutra. Photo by Michael Locke.
1941 - The Richard Wallace House, Bel Air area of Los Angeles CA. Likely unbuilt.
1941 - The Frances Ring Meighan House, 925 North Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills CA. She was the widow of Thomas Meighan. Photo by Michael Locke.
1941 - The James W. and Helen Wood House, 4265 Country Club Drive, Long Beach CA. Built by Albert Reingardt. Mr. Wood was a pioneer Long Beach oilman and developer and the co-owner of the Wood-Callahan Oil Company. Commissioned 1941. Renovated in 1949. Sold to Randy Turnbow who did a renovation in 2001. Photo by Michael Locke.
1942 - The Hacienda Village Housing Project, East 103rd Street and Compton Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Williams was the Chief Architect, in a group that included Adrian Wilson, Richard J. Neutra, Walter Wurdeman, and Welton Becket. Built by E. P. Dentzel. Renamed Gonzaque Village in 2000. Bottom two photos by Michael Locke.
1942 - The Faye Burwell House, 4221 Country Club Drive, Long Beach CA. Built by B. G. Short. Sold in the 1980s to Theodore W. Beilke who did a renovation and addition. Photo by Michael Locke.
1942 - The David Mdivani House, 9966 Beverly Grove Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Original address was 9966 Beverly Estate Drive. Mdivani was listed as the contractor. Interior design by Zann Earl of Barker Brothers. Sold to Hyatt Robert von Dehn and Ginny Simms. Sold in 1946 to Frank Vincent. Sold to Cary Grant. House has had several additions. Photos by Maynard Parker.
1942 - The Charles Cord Ranch, Lone Pine CA. Built.
1942 - The John Charles Thomas House, 3100 Mandeville Canyon Road, Los Angeles CA. Sold to actors Dick Powell and June Allyson. Originally it was a modest-sized house. Significantly expanded in 1964. The exterior was used for the TV show Hart to Hart. Sold to Donald and Glorya Kaufman of KB Homes. 13 bedrooms. Sold in 2014.
1942 - The Everett N. and Naomi Crosby House II, 10701 Bellagio Road, Los Angeles CA. Featured in Architectural Digest, 1942. Sold to Joseph and Irene Field. Destroyed. Land vacant as of 2015. B/W photos by Maynard Parker.
1942 - The Earle Jerome Bernheimer House, 25 Oakmont Drive, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned in 1941. Sold in the 1990s to the Gary David Goldberg and Diana Meehan Trust. Featured in the movie Bye Bye Love. Sold in 2009 to Barry and Lea Porter as the Nautilus Trust. After an electrical fire, the majority of the house was destroyed 2013-2014 to remodel and build a large addition.
1943 - The Bill (Bojangles) and Fannie Robinson House, 1194 West 36th Street, Los Angeles CA. Photos by Maynard Parker. Bill Robinson lived there only six months before he and Fannie divorced, and she lived there the rest of her life. As of 2011, it was marketed as student housing for USC. Color photos by Michael Locke.
1944 - The Elkin Echavarria House, Medellin, Colombia.
1945 - The Alexander Perino House, 3300 Country Club Drive, Los Angeles CA. Williams did a remodel in 1950 for Perino's 1930 restaurant. Sold to Sylvia Vizard.
1945 - The Charles See House, Corona Del Mar CA.
1945 - The Clark Bonner House, Los Angeles CA. Unbuilt.
1945 - The Robert Lerner House, Beverly Hills CA. Unbuilt.
1945 - The H. Raymond House, Malibu CA.
1945 - The Rancho Vega Gardens, 10501-10559 Edison Way, North Hollywood CA. Developed by the Rancho Vega Housing Corporation as housing for workers at the nearby Lockheed-Vega aircraft plant. R. J. Daum was the builder. The complex was built on a 10.3 acre tract, with twenty-three residential buildings situated around common courtyards, concrete walkways with an emphasis on landscaping. Williams' plans incorporated the idea of a "garden city" with its inherent social benefits; a lush, landscaped environment that encouraged socialization and relaxation after a hard day of work on the assembly line. Photos and text by Michael Locke.
1946 - The Harold V. Raymond House, 15 Oakmont Drive, Los Angeles CA. Raymond was also the contractor. Commissioned in 1945. Sold in 2000 to Michelle Pfeiffer and David E. Kelley as the Hogan Trust. Remodeled in 2001. They purchased the adjacent 7 Oakmont as a guest house in 2002. Sold in 2005 to Aquarius Brentwood LLC.
1946 - The David and Rosamond Chudnow House, 1300 Sierra Alta Way, West Hollywood CA. Sold in 1961 to Tishman Enterprises, who added the second story. Sold in the later 1960s to the Burns family. On the market several times throughout the 1970s-1990s. Sold in late 1990s to Lori Eisenberg. Sold in early 2000s to the Todd Feldman trust. Needs verification.
1946 - The Leonard J. Witkower House, Beverly Hills CA. Likely unbuilt.
1946 - The Aaron and Frances Lilien House, 1166 San Ysidro Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Commissioned 1944. Harriet Schellenberger was the interior designer. Robert Crowder painted an original wall design. Featured in Architectural Digest, 1955. The house appears to be substantially altered from its original design. Sold in 1947 to Pincus Leff aka Pinky Lee. Sold to Ilan and Dina B. Silver. For sale in 2023. B/W photos by Maynard Parker; color by Michael Locke.
Pincus Leff, aka Pinky Lee, was a burlesque comic and host of the children's television program The Pinky Lee Show.
1946 - The W. A. Tharpe Residence and the Lovelock Inn, Lovelock NV. Mrs. Tharpe was E. L. Cord's niece. Photo of the Tharpe House by Sam Brackstone, 2010 Paul Revere Williams Project. Sold to the Brinkerhoffs. For sale in 2010.
1946 - The Jennifer Jones Renovation, aka the David Selznick Renovation, 650 East First Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Client's real name was Phyllis Lee Isley. There is a permit for an addition in August 1947 with Selznick as owner but no architect named. Destroyed in 2009 and a new house built in 2012. Top photo by Maynard Parker.
1946 - The Manuel and Anna Glickman House, 4511 Gainsborough Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Built by the owner. Sold to the Langs Trust. Sold in 1994 to John C. O'Connor. Color photo by Michael Locke.
1947 - The Nathan and Irma Wallach House, 702 North Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Commissioned 1946. Built by E. A. Raulston. Commissioned 1946. Listed in the 1946 Beverly Hills building permits as a Williams design. Renovated in 1950. Sold to the Grenell Family Trust. Photo by Michael Locke.
1947 - The Alvin Kingsbacker House, Malibu CA.
1947 - The Andy Kirk House, Yonkers NY.
1947 - The Charles Cord House, 1238 Coldwater Canyon Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Built by E. L. Cord and William D. Coffey, structural engineer. Not designed by Williams; the architect/engineer was Coffey according to the building permit.
1947 - The George Seward House II, Beverly Hills CA. Possibly a renovation of Seward I. Needs verification.
1947 - The Hannah Schwartz Apartments, aka the Kaye Apartments, 330 South Almont Drive, Los Angeles CA. Originally commissioned by Schwartz and Trevelyan. Built by Brandon Johnston. Sold in 1952 to Gertrude and Harry Kaye. As of 2016 still owned by the Gertrude Kaye Trust. This is Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #1002. Photo by Michael Locke.
1947 - The L. L. Stewart House, Pasadena CA.
1947 -The Bertram Eli (Bert) Friedlob Remodel, 620 North Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills CA. 1922 Colonial Revival style house. Photo by Michael Locke.
Around 1947 - The Anatol Josepho House, Rustic Canyon Area near Westwood, Los Angeles CA. Destroyed by fire in 1978. Elena Binckley of Barker Brothers was the interior designer. Part of this area was named Camp Josepho, near Murphy Ranch, used by the Boy Scouts.
1947 - The Legrand Coleman House, 4381 Arcadia Avenue, Oakland CA. Sold to the Rochon Trust.
1947 - The Morris Tyre House, 9100 Cordell Drive, Los Angeles CA. Significantly renovated and added on to over the years. Sold in 2022.
1947 - The Paul Henning House, Beverly Hills CA.
1947 - The Reinhold J. Schroeder House, Beverly Hills CA.
1947 - The A. E. and E. L. Rickmond House, 1332 Santa Clara Street, Richmond CA. Deeded to their son, Charles Rickmond. Photo by Denise Romay.
1947 - The The Broadway Village Tract, Broadway Boulevard near Whittier Boulevard, Whittier CA. 135 homes built for Boulevard Improvement Co.
Around 1947 - The Tyrone Power and Linda Christian Renovation, 242 Copa de Oro Road, Los Angeles CA. Original house built 1930. Christian still owned it in 1958, renting it to Elizabeth Taylor at one point. Sold in 2012 to Bryan A. Scher.
1948 - The Robert N. and Kathryn L. Williams House, 205 East 6th Street, Ontario CA. Project architect, Dom Williamson, a Frank Lloyd Wright student. Furniture design by Williams and Sam Maloof. Sold in 2004 to Darius Long by the Williams Trust. Designated a local landmark in 2016. Featured on the cover of Forgotten Modern: California Houses 1940-1970. Sold in 2020. Top photo by Michael Locke.
1948 - The H. Claude Hudson Summer Cottage, 909 West Sumner Avenue, Lake Elsinore CA. Originally addressed 304 North Lewis Street. Commissioned 1947. Sold around 1995 to Barbara Louis Anderson.
1948 - The Charles Snyder House, 1085 Singing Wood Drive, Arcadia CA. Needs verification. Sold to Robert and Daisy Hurlburt. For sale in 1969. Extensive remodel in 1993. Sold around 2012 to Evelyn Lu.
1948 - The Laura Lynn Gibbons House, 505 Walden Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Commissioned 1947. Photo by Michael Locke.
1948 - The Don Luis Toro Villegas House, Bogota, Columbia.
1948 - The E. A. and Frances Littrell House, 140 Greenway Circle, Medford OR. Sold to Ray and Janice Cox.
1948 - The William Edward Cooper House, 4124 Woodleigh Lane, La Cañada Flintridge CA. Sold to Elmer Slavik sometime after Cooper's death in 1954. Destroyed and a new house built in 2001.
1948 - The Harry Wright House, Mexico City, Mexico. Status unknown.
1948 - The J. Myer Schine House, 43 East Boulevard, Gloversville NY. Schine lived there until 1977. Sold to Michael Pozefsky. Sold in 2012 to Jason Hickok.
1948 - The Jacob and Miriam Lerner House, 624 Alta Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Built by Niels Pallisgaard. Photo by Michael Locke.
1948 - The Louis and Sadie Benson House, 900 North Whittier Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Louis died in 1950. Sadie sold the house in 1951 to Edward J. and Alice Coleman. Williams did renovations in 1951. Sold in 1984 to Debra and Kenneth Gordon. Photo by Michael Locke.
1948 - The P. K. Doumani House, Hancock Park area of Los Angeles CA. Status unknown.
1948 - The Miguel de German Ribon Apartments, Bogota, Colombia. Status unknown.
1948 - The Roland H. Bradley House, Tujunga CA. Status unknown.
1948 - The Shirley Parker House, Beverly Hills CA. Likely unbuilt.
1948 - The Simmons Ranch House, Indio CA. Status unknown.
1948 - The Phil Berg Renovation, 9521 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles CA. Original house built in 1933 by C. S. Arganbright. Sold around 1966 to Edwin Wendel Pauley. Williams did renovations again in 1973. Deeded to the Pauley Trust. Sold in 2003 to Marciano Georges. Sold in 2013 to Dagna LLC, Armand Newman. In 2015 almost 1200 sf was to be destroyed from the original structure and an addition of over 5,000 sf added.
1948 - The Assad E. And Amenie Abdun-Nur House, 5085 Casa Drive, Tarzana CA. Commissioned 1947. Sold to the Marshall and Elizabeth Frankel Trust. Photos by Maynard Parker.
1948 - The Tevis and Colleen Morrow House, 1690 San Remo Drive, Pacific Palisades CA. Featured in Architectural Digest, April 1949. Sold around 1971. Sold to Henry and Donna Gradstein who did a $2M renovation. Sold in 2002 to Michael and Jena King who destroyed it and built a new house in 2005. Larger photos courtesy of Tevis Morrow Jr.; other photos by Maynard Parker.
1948 - The Robert V. New House, 555 South San Rafael Avenue, Pasadena CA. Sold around 1988 to Graham and Gretchen Lewis who named it Liongate Manor and expanded it from a 5,000 sf California ranch to a 12,500 sf English manor.
1949 - The Louis Lesser House, 128 South Beverly Glen Boulevard, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1948. Sold in 1951 to Ethel Irish Coplen. Sold to the Rothchild family. Sold around 1975 to Eula Hendrick McClaney. Still in the McClaney family as of 2010. Top photo by Keith Coplen; bottom by Michael Locke.
1949 - The William Lewis and Susie Haywood House, 7100 North Sooner Road, Oklahoma City OK. Commissioned 1948. Haywood founded the first Black hospital and opened up his estate for picnics when public parks generally excluded people of color. Addition built in 2005.
1949 - The John Rush McCoy House, 324 North Las Palmas Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1948. Damaged by an earthquake in 1994. Destroyed and a new house built in 1995.
1949 - The Lawrence B. Koblitz and Edward I. Golding Triplex, 10569-10575 Ashton Avenue, Westwood, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1948. Destroyed in 1991.
1949 - The Del Rio Housing Project, Tucson AZ. Designed with Quincy Jones. 700 houses. Unbuilt.
1949 - The Pueblo Gardens Subdivision, Fairland Avenue / South Country Club Road / East Ajo Way / South Kino, Tucson AZ. Designed with Quincy Jones. Developed by Del Webb. Originally 3,000 houses, but only 750 were built, primarily for Air Force housing. Over the years many became rentals and/or were altered.
1949 - The Gaston Bollaert House, 240 South Bristol Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Sold in 1974.
1949 - The Robert S. Groman House, 1008 North Roxbury Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Commissioned in 1948. Built by Robert S. Groman. Sold to Morrison B. Paul, cinematographer in the late 1950s. Destroyed in the early 1990s and a new house built in 1996.
1949 - The Ira Eaker Remodel, 10711 Sunset Boulevard, Bel Air CA. Needs verification. Original house built in 1937. Sold to Jacqueline Landry
1949 - The Pat McCall House, Tamaqua PA. Likely unbuilt.
1949 - The Leonard Chase Ritts House, 76 North Lake Drive, Mayville NY. Sold several times. Sold in 2009 to Donna and Stewart Kohl. Photo by David Horan, 2010 Paul Revere Williams Project.
1949 - The William E. Shawger House, Palos Verdes CA.
1949 - The Lloyd S. Whaley House, 5531 Bryant Drive East, Long Beach CA. Renovation in 1953. At 3 acres, one of the largest residential lots in Long Beach. Sold in 1971 to Daniel Ridder, who did a renovation in 1972 designed by Killingsworth Brady and Associates. Sold in 1997 to Mitchell Rouse, who did a renovation in 2013. Sold in 2015 to Chantha and Kong Sok. Top photo by E. Thor Carlson.
1949 - The David A. and Patrice Swedlow Remodel, 3847 Franklin Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Sold in 2015 to actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Tasha McCauley. Sold in 2020 to Sarah Wick and Robert Padnick. Bottom two photos by Michael Locke.
1950 - The Mona Freeman and Patrick Nerney House, aka the Freeman-Nerney House, 1580 Sorrento Drive, Pacific Palisades CA. Commissioned around 1948. In 1950, Williams added a maid's room and bath plus created a bay window. In 1951 Nerney added a swimming pool. Freeman and Nerney divorced in 1952 and the house was sold to Robert E. Brigham. He added an open lanai in 1954 and a pool house in 1960. Sold to Willam Ross who extended the dining room in 1964. Sold in 2014 to Michael Klein who destroyed it and built a new house. Photo by David Horan, 2010 Paul Revere Williams Project.
1950 - The Benjamin Borchardt House, 222 North Carmelina Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Destroyed in 2012.
1950 - The Abraham and Pam Rosenfield House, 1269 Coldwater Canyon Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Commissioned 1949. Sold in 2019 to the Fred F. and Lida Cohan Family Trust. Photo by Michael Locke.
1950 - The Charles M. Weinberg House II, Newport Beach CA. Likely unbuilt.
1950 - The Charles M. Weinberg House III, Costa Mesa CA. Likely unbuilt.
1950 - The Robert and Ana Lerner House II, 4161 High Valley Road, Royal Oaks, Encino CA. Built by Wallace F. McDonald Company. Sold in 2015 to Billy Bush. Last photo by Michael Locke.
1950 - The Russell H. Wagener Addition, 3021 Laurel Canyon Boulevard, Studio City CA. Original house built in 1942. Property included two houses and a garage. Williams designed a 1 story building, listed as a barbeque on the permit. In 1963 a water pumping station building (still standing) was built just north of the property on the corner of Dona Dorotea. The Wageners lived in the home until 1975. Sold in 1975 to Dr. Glen Winn. Destroyed in 1986.
1950 - The George and Naomi Thomas Thoroughbred Ranch, 1125 South Lone Hill Avenue, Glendora CA. George Thomas raised thoroughbred horses for racing. He was also a real estate developer and was involved with numerous developments in Southern California and Nevada. Destroyed prior to 1990 when an auto parts store was built.
1950 - The V. D. Case House, Brentwood area of Los Angeles CA. Status unknown.
1950 - The George Smith House, Los Angeles CA. Status unknown.
1950 - The Kenneth Sampson House, 4 Spur Lane, Rolling Hills CA. Sold to Ada S. Martin. Sold in 2005 to Lewis and Evelyn Hankins Trust. Sold in 2022. Destroyed in 2024.
1950 - The Westchester Plaza Triplexes, near Ramsgate and Reading Avenues, Los Angeles CA. Developed by the McCarthy Company. Chester Development Company, builder. Some were built.
1950 - The Morris Linde House, 631 Mountain Drive, aka 9501 Sunset Boulevard, Beverly Hills CA. Built and developed by the owner. Sold to the Chien Ching Family Trust. Sold in 2005 to 631 Mountain LLC. Sold in 2013 to Orange Investment Holdings LLC.
1951 - The Hyman Harvey Klein House, 10521 Bellagio Road, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned 1950. Sold to Arnold Larkin. Sold in 2011 to Rajinder Kumar Malhotra aka Copa de Oro LLC. Sold in 2012 to Mark Bowen Barron. Top photo by Michael Locke.
1951 - The Clair L. and Viola C. Peck House, 821 Monte Leon Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Clair Peck was the builder as well as a Los Angeles building contractor. Peck's firm built about 1000 office buildings, hospitals, department stores, churches, and industrial buildings including the Capitol Records Tower, the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium as well as 40 buildings along Wilshire Boulevard. Sold in 2018 to the Saman Sam and Diba Mostadim Mostadim trust. Top three photos and text by Michael Locke.
1951 - The Danny Thomas (aka Amos Muzyad Yakhoob Kairouz) and Rose Marie Thomas House, aka Villa Rosa, 1187 North Hillcrest Road, Beverly Hills CA. Williams would go on design the St. Judes Childrens Hospital in Nashville TN, for free, as a favor to his friend Danny Thomas. Sold by the Thomas family in 2000 to Todd Grayson (Inch and Meter Limited). Rebuilt in 2001 by Mandana Motohari from the ground up. Top photo by Michael Locke.
1951 - The Arnold and Margaret Beliveau House, 3550 East California Road, Pasadena CA. Sold in 2018 to Qing Liu. Photos by Michael Locke.
1951 - The Don L. Thompson House, Tucson AZ. Unbuilt.
1951 - The O. H. Nelson House, Las Vegas NV. Williams did renovations in 1956. Status unknown.
1952 - The Paul R. and Della Williams House, 1690 South Victoria Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned in 1951. Interior design by Helen Franklin. Deeded to his granddaughter, Karen Hudson. This is Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #170. Sold in 2018 to Hannah Hoffman, who uses it as an art gallery.
1952 - The Milo Berenson House, La Jolla CA.
1952 - The Nathaniel F. and Eleanor (Pearl) Wood House, aka the Pearl Wood House, 1430 Tropical Avenue, Pasadena CA. Sold in 1999 to Manoug and Mike Joukhajian. Photo by Michael Locke.
1952 - The Fred and Florence Roberts Ranch House, 3998 Solstice Canyon Road, Malibu CA. Commissioned 1951. Featured in Architectural Digest, 1957. Interior design by Jerry Alsobrook of Cannell and Chaffin. Shutters by Paul Heinley. Destroyed in a 1982 wildfire. Ruins, bottom photo.
1952 - The Abraham and Bejla (Bertha) Litrov House, 9431 Sunset Boulvevard, Los Angeles CA. Sold to Michael David Gelfand, Herbert M. Gelfand, and Beverly Gelfand. Sold in 2019 to Vesta, LLC. Photo by Michael Locke.
1953 - The Compton-Imperial Housing Project, Los Angeles CA. Unbuilt, although the plans became the basis for Nickerson Gardens, which was built.
1953 - The John Clifford (Cliff) Garrett House I, 5301 North Camelhead Road, Phoenix AZ. Former address was 5301 North 48th Street. Commissioned around 1950. Sold to William K. Li.
1953 - The George O'Brien House, Vancouver BC, Canada. Status unknown.
1953 - The Glenn Jackson House, 117 Greenway Circle, Medford OR. The Jackson family lived there until at least 1969. Sold in 2009 to David and Susan Martin.
1953 - The Nathan Baranov House, La Jolla CA. Status unknown.
1953 - The Louis M. Blodgett House II, Los Angeles CA. Unbuilt.
1953 - The Asher Milton Feinberg and Bonnie Eisen House, 5014 Vista Del Monte Street, El Paso TX. Sold to Edward and Marian Azar. Deeded to Marian Azar.
1954 - The J. Phyromn and Pearl Spears Taylor House, 1704 Wellington Road, Los Angeles CA. Deeded to George and Lauren Smith. The house has been remodeled and painted grey. Top photo by David Horan, Paul Revere Williams Project (2011); other photos by Michael Locke (2024).
1954 - The Theodore R. and Beatrice Borders House, 1802 Nevada Avenue, Fort Wayne IN. Commissioned in 1953. For sale in 2024.
1954 - The Dave and Maude Chasen House, 8635 Metz Place, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned in 1953. Photos by Maynard Parker. Edward F. White did the interior design. Featured in Architectural Digest, 1958. Sold in 2002 to Larry and Beverly Schnur who did a renovation. Sold in 2012 to Peter Thiel (one of the PayPal founders) who destroyed it and built a new house.
1954 - The Carl W. Hirschmann House, Amenia NY. Possibly Bel Aire Farms Road; needs verification.
1954 - The David W. Williams House, 10801 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles CA. Williams was the first Black federal judge west of the Mississippi. Knowing his new white neighbors would object, he purchased a vacant lot in the exclusive Bel Air area by pretending to be from out of town and negotiating the sale over the telephone. Sold in 2000 to Ari Zieger. Sold in 2002 to Steven and Rebecca Schwartz.
1954 - The Louis L. and Elsa Green Kelton House, 1131 Miradero Road, Beverly Hills CA. Featured in Architectural Digest, 1958. Sold in 2002 to the Earl Gary Bart Trust. For rent in 2017. Bottom two photos by Michael Locke.
1954 - The H. C. Legg House, Palm Springs CA. Unbuilt.
1954 - The Harold F. and Ruth Glenny Whittle House, 916 Hartford Way, Beverly Hills CA. Sold to David and Susan Wilstein. Photo by Michael Locke.
1954 - The Louis and Virginnia N. Cass Ranch House, Temecula CA. Deeded to Leo and Marian Roripaugh. Destroyed around 1989 for a new subdivision. Photo by the Roripaugh family.
1954 - The Raymond Wilson House, La Jolla CA. Status unknown.
1954 - The Ada McEntree House, Beverly Hills CA. Status unknown.
1954 - The Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz House, 40-241 Club View Drive, Thunderbird Country Club, Rancho Mirage CA. Desi Arnaz won the lot in a poker game. It was the first residence completed in the club's development. Interior design by Arthur Elrod. The 4,400 square foot house has six bedrooms, a swimming pool and a lanai. After their well-publicized 1960 divorce, Lucy continued to live there with their two children with second husband, Gary Morton. Deeded to Morton's widow. Renovated in 2002. The land was subdivided and a number of new houses were built. Deeded to Susie McAllister Morton.
1955 - The Nickerson Gardens Public Housing, 1590 East 114th Street, Los Angeles CA. This Watts-area complex consists of 156 buildings with 1066 townhouse style one-bedroom units. Owned and operated by the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles, Nickerson Gardens is the largest public housing project west of the Mississippi River. Bottom three photos by Michael Locke.
1955 - The T. W. Hansen House, 4616 Cumberland Circle, El Paso TX. Commissioned in 1953. Sold in 2002 to Jesse Arredondo.
1955 - The Berkley Square Subdivision, Las Vegas NV. The city's first subdivision for Black citizens. Commissioned around 1949. 148 homes. Above example: 1644 D Street.
1955 - The Frank Sinatra House, 2666 Bowmont Drive, Trousdale Estates, Beverly Hills CA. B/W photo is Sinatra, William's daughter Norma Harvey (who was the interior designer), and Williams. Destroyed and replaced in 2006 with the house in the bottom photo, with the address changed to 2600.
1955 - The George Page House, Bel Air area of Los Angeles CA. Status unknown.
1955 - The John and Rosamond Landis House, 1001 North Crescent Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Landis Building and Investments was the builder. Architect Gerard Colcord designed a room addition and alterations for owner H.A. Goldman in 1967. Architect Harry Michael Fox designed a living room and bathroom addition for owner Julian Silverstein in 1971. Sold to Harry and Joan Cohn (ex-wife of Laurence Harvey). Interior renovation by Arthur Elrod. Sold to Alexander and Lisa Rudes Sandel. For lease in 2018. Photo, middle, by Michael Locke.
1956 - The Ernest Duque Renovation, 68 Fremont Place, Los Angeles CA. Original house built in 1923. Sold to Papcap Fremont Place, LLC. Sold in 2006 to Richard Papalian. Sold in 2009 to Craig and Amy Nickoloff. Sold in 2012 to Eric Choi and Sun Mi Yoon.
1956 - The Ralph and Patricia Reiner Remodel, 1248 Benedict Canyon Drive, Beverly Hills CA. The original house was designed by architect Vincent Palmer in 1937 as a speculative venture for the Beverly Hills National Bank & Trust Company. Sold in 2020 to Michael Azizi and Donna Gillman. Photo by Michael Locke.
1956 - The Stewart St. John House, Los Angeles CA.
1957 - The Alfred E. Thomas House, Ontario, Canada.
1957 - The Charles Marshall or Marsali House, Hillsborough CA.
1957 - The Roy E. Crummer House, Malibu CA. Unbuilt.
1957 - The Robert P. Gildred House, 716 Sierra, Beverly Hills CA. Interior design by Goldy Glassman. Photo by Julius Shulman. Destroyed in 2005. New house built in 2009.
1958 - The Donald and Elaine Squire House, 1151 Romney Drive, Pasadena CA. Sold in 2016 to Kevin Brooks. Photo by Michael Locke.
1958 - The Erman Pessis House, Trousdale Estates, Los Angeles CA. Unknown if built. Around this time, Pessis lived at 3802 Cloverdale Avenue, built in 1947 by Paul Trousdale.
1958 - The H. P. Skoglund House, Palm Springs CA.
1958 - The Richard Ronald House, Beverly Hills CA.
1958 - The Viola Bidgood House, 6705 North Temple City Boulevard, Arcadia CA. Needs verification. Sold in 1982. Sold in 1990. Sold around 2003 to Mai Chow and Huey Chen.
1958 - The Weldon Bryant Mansfield Apartments, Sacramento CA. Possibly the Rossmoor Planned Development, Rancho Cordova CA. Rossmoor was planned in 1958 by W. B. Mansfield and Western Enterprises, a residential subdivision development company. 1000 homes, 500 garden apartments, as well as schools, churches, and commercial development was planned and completed by 1962. The extent of Williams' involvement, if any, needs verification.
1959 - The Alexander L. McCormick House, 16 Spring Road, Kentfield CA. Commissioned in 1958. Built by Elvin Stendell. Sold to Jon B. Chaney since at least 1976. Sold to Andrew Midler in 2003. Sold in 2010 David and Robyn Dabora. Original house, top photo, destroyed around 2010 with new house, bottom photo, built in 2012.
1959 - The Arthur Park House, Toluca Lake CA.
1959 - The Mountain Springs Ranch Estates, La Verne CA. Developed by Jackson Diggs. Above example is 5202 Mountain Springs Ranch Road. Homeowners could choose their own designer. Unclear how many houses were built as well as how many designed by Williams.
1959 - The R. R. Wilson House, Bel Air area of Los Angeles CA.
1959 - The Michael J. Garris House, 1070 North Hillcrest Road, Beverly Hills CA. Commissioned in 1958. Commissioned in 1958. Garris was an electrical engineer who worked on many Williams projects. Williams designed his house as a thank-you. Sold in 2011 to Ab Grundstenen. Remodeled in 2012 by Brad Dunning, who provided the top two photos. For sale in 2024. Other photos by Michael Locke.
1959 - The Julie London (aka Gayle Peck) and Bobby Troup House, 16074 Royal Oak Road, Encino CA. Commissioned in 1958. Sold to M. Sack. Sold in 2002 to Michael Rabkin. Deeded in 2014 to the Rabkin-Tom Family Trust. Top photo by Michael Locke.
1959 - The John Clifford (Cliff) Garrett House, 1163 North Hillcrest Road, Beverly Hills CA. Commissioned in 1958. Not designed by Williams. Cliff May designed the original house plus renovations in 1962.
1960 - The Seaview Palos Verdes Tract Houses, Rancho Palos Verdes CA. 190 houses. Built by Linde Construction Company. SeaView property owners have tried (unsuccessfully) to secure historic preservation status for these houses. Photo is 4313 Dauntless Drive. Sold in 2015 to Mark Rosso Rosso.
Other houses, photos by Michael Locke:
4343 Dauntless Drive. Sold in 2014 to American Pacific Surety Services Inc.
4314 Dauntless Drive. Sold in 2014 to Anne S. and Joseph P. Cruz.
4230 Stalwart Drive. Sold in 2015 to the James and Dianne Hassen Family Trust.
1960 - The Harry L. Morris House, Liberia.
1960 - The Hulsey Lokey House, 6938 Wildlife Road, Malibu CA. Needs verification. Sold to Andre Development Corp N V and Leonard Eisenberg.
1960 - The Roy Carver House, Newport Beach CA.
1961 - The Henry Hubshman House, Westchester NY.
1961 - The Robert McClain House, Hancock Park area of Los Angeles CA.
1962 - The Leroy T. Weekes House, Los Angeles CA.
1962 - The George Griffin Smith House, Los Angeles CA.
1962 - The Kenneth Leventhal Renovation and Additions, 320 St. Pierre Road, Los Angeles CA. The original home was built in 1930. Architect George Boggs Allison and contractor Thomas Sellers added 2 rooms in 1941. Sold in 2016 to Gorgon Corporate Management, Miami FL under the name of 320 St. Pierre LLC.
1962 - The John von Neuman House, Lake Arrowhead CA.
Around 1962 - The Robert Sand House, Hancock Park area of Los Angeles CA. Interiors by Dorothy Paul. Featured in Architectural Digest, Fall 1962.
1964 - The Peter and Verna Dauterive House, 4351 Mount Vernon Drive, View Park CA. The architect was Claude Coyne, a partner in the firm. The Dauterive House is located in View Park, an unincorporated community part of a band of neighborhoods that comprise the single largest and wealthiest historically Black communities in the Western United States. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. Sold in 2017 to Sallie Hofmeister.
1964 - The Robert H. and Barbara June Klint Volk House, 13 Eastfield Drive, Rolling Hills CA. Sold in 2019 to the Stephen Birkett Co. trust.
1965 - The Edwin R. and Grace Ridgway House, 232 South Rimpau Avenue, Los Angeles CA. Engineer, Morris Goldsmith. Built by Robet Berry. Landscape design by Joseph Copp. Interior design by Tim Morrison. Sold to C. Randolph Fishburn. Sold in 2020 to Rimpau LM LLC. Top two photos by Michael Locke.
1966 - The Gordon Zahler House, 1634 Blue Jay Way, Los Angeles CA. Morris Goldsmith, Engineer. Substantially expanded. Sold to Andy and Amy Heyward. Sold in 2014 to the Mani Brothers and Davd Tunkl. Sold to Michael K. Boone.
1966 - The Hollywood Highlands Condos, 6700-6760 Hillpark Drive, Cahuenga Pass, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned in 1963. 576 units. Designed with Lester Scherer. Theodore (Ted) Bentley, Bill Hunter, and Ray Watt were the developers. Featured in the Los Angeles Times, 3/17/1963. Sold to Michael McGrath. Sold in 1996 to Scott Graham. Sold in 1999 to Michael K. Boone. Sold in 2010 to Andy and Amy Heyward. Sold in 2014 to the Mani Brothers 801 Tower LLC. Second photo by Michael Locke.
1966 - The Jack Vickers House, 2 Sunset Drive, Cherry Hills Village CO. Commissioned in 1957. Sold in 2013.
1967 - The James B. Keyes House, 1125 Emerald Bay, Laguna Beach CA. Commissioned in 1966. Landscape design by Olmsted Associates. Sold in 1990 to Deborah Pavlik.
1969 - The Langhorne Sykes Residence, Palos Verdes CA. Likely unbuilt, nothing found about the house or the owner.
1971 - The Richard and Marjorie F. Jackson House, 1070 Woodland Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Sold in 2012 to ATAA Holdings. Sold in 2015 to Fourth Street Venture Lp.
Still to be located/verified:
Year Unknown - The Jack Stephenson House, Beverly Hills CA.
Year Unknown - Brentwood area of Los Angeles CA.
Year Unknown - The J. H. Woolfork House, Los Angeles CA.
Year Unknown - The Pierce Baldwin House, Los Feliz area of Los Angeles CA.
Year Unknown - The Costa Mesa Housing Project, Costa Mesa CA. 82 houses.
Year Unknown - The Oceanside Project, Oceanside CA. 75 houses.
Year Unknown - The McDonald Carey Alterations, Brentwood area of Los Angeles CA.
Year Unknown - The Callie Love House, Los Angeles CA.
Year Unknown - The John Barton Brown House, Palm Springs CA.
Year Unknown - The Walter Winchell Remodel and Addition, 719 North Maple Drive, Beverly Hills CA. Original house built in 1927. Sold in 2015 to Lee N. Siegel, trustee.
Year Unknown - The Cary Grant House
Year Unknown - The Frederick Leistikow House II, Las Vegas NV.
Year Unknown - The Redwood City Development, Redwood City CA. 140 houses.
Year Unknown - House, Hancock Park area of Los Angeles CA. Possibly on Arden. Sold to Josh Randall and Claire Rankin. Sold in 2006.
Year Unknown - The Chester Morris and E. P. Thurbow House.
Year Unknown - The Anthony Quinn House, Pacific Palisades CA.
1941 - 1320 Londonderry Place, Los Angeles CA. Commissioned in 1940. No architect listed on the building permit.
1946 - House in Brentwood area of Los Angeles CA. Designed for an oilman from Kansas. 2 acres. Remodeled in 2001. For sale in 2005.
Sources include: Paul R. Williams Architect, by Karen Hudson; Paul R. Williams Project List; 1986 Beverly Hills Survey; Morris Newman; Paul Revere Williams Career Mapper; Paul R. Williams Bibliography; Survey LA: Brentwood Pacific Palisades; Movieland Directory; the Paul Williams Project; City of Palm Springs Survey; African-American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1985-1945; LA Department of Building and Safety.