Talk:Paul R. Williams

Old comments
Paul Williams is not the architect of the Beverly Hillbillies house. His work is much more fluid, innovative, and restrained. In a word; classy. Sumner Spaulding's Kirkeby Mansion is pretentious and overbearing -- words never associated with Paul Williams. Please check out Karen Hudson's tribute, "A Legacy of Style."

If anyone has or can take photos of Williams buildings that would be great, particularly a clear shot of the LAX Theme Building.Pi9 09:56, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

"His list of clients included Lon Chaney". What Lon Chaney is that, senior or junior? WouterVH 22:46, 8 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Though there are a number of references to this, none of them specify which. Since the son is always identified as "Junior" I think we can safely asume that it is the father. Williams also may have designed the noted Lon Chaney (senior) Cabin in the Sierra Nevada, which was kept as a historical building when the designation of the John Muir Wilderness necessitated the removal of most man-made structures. For many years Chaney allowed pioneering mountain climber Norman Clyde to live there in the winter as caretaker. It was Clyde's only fixed residence at that time. -Willmcw 01:37, May 9, 2005 (UTC)

Merging Paul Revere Williams (1894-1980) with this page
Merging Paul Revere Williams (1894-1980) with this page sounds like a good idea to me. cbustapeck 17:42, 28 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I disagree. It appears to be mostly copied from this article . I'm just going to make it a redirect. If you see anything from the source article that looks good then we can add it in our own words. -Will Beback 18:51, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Clampett Mansion
Paul Williams did not design the Clapmett Mansion at 750 Bel Air Rd. This house was designed by architect Sumner Spaulding.

Age discrepancy?
This article states that Williams was born February 18, 1894, and married on June 27, 1917. Who's Who in America 1964 (presumably relying on info given by Williams himself) gives his date of birth as February 18, 1896, and his marriage date as June 27, 1922.

Is there a reference supporting the earlier dates, or are they just wrong? Or, alternatively, did Williams use the later years of birth and marriage to make himself seem younger? Kestenbaum 16:42, 11 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Update. I see that the Via magazine profile gives his YOB as 1894.  The other online reference is 404. Kestenbaum 16:44, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * The book by Hudson [his grand daughter] listed in the references uses the 1894 date too. Carptrash 21:37, 11 October 2006 (UTC) it also gets him hitched in 1917.

LAX Theme Building
Paul Williams contributed to the design of the LAX Theme Building and I believe it should be mentioned in the section on notable structures. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_Building

Cjkindle (talk) 21:56, 29 January 2008 (UTC)


 * My understanding is that Williams did some of the engineering work. While the buildig is very notable and visible, Williams' participation may be too minor to be worth noting. OTOH, there is an urban legend that he designed it so it might be worth mentioning it so that the record is set straight and so that readers won't assume it's an erroroneous omission. ·:· Will Beback  ·:· 22:15, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

According to http://www.paulrwilliamsproject.org/gallery/1960s-transportation/ he didn't actually have anything to do with the Theme Building — he worked on the overall project, but wasn't on that team and was just photographed in front of it, leading to the urban legend.

75.85.31.56 (talk) 08:07, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

dead
he is dead now

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Requested move 26 March 2020

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 

– Paul Williams (architect) (known as Paul R. Williams) is significantly better known than the law professor of the same name [|Paul_Williams_(architect) Average yearly page views] Over the last year there have been an average of 3 views for the latter and 165 for the former No Swan So Fine (talk) 17:47, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Paul Williams (architect) → Paul R. Williams
 * Paul R. Williams → (deleted to make way for page move)
 * Support per WP:NATURAL, WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, and WP:TWODABS. All we need is a hatnote pointing to the professor. Station1 (talk) 19:52, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Support moving the architect article over the disambiguation page. Please make appropriate changes to entries at Paul Williams. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 16:20, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Support per Station1. Iamreallygoodatcheckers (talk) 03:51, 28 March 2020 (UTC)


 * The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Ambassador Hotel's Coffee Shop
Paul designed that which showed up in at least one movie (That Thing You Do) -- worth adding to list. A great success was this man who was orphaned and worked during a very challenging time for Blacks -- as the article mentions, he could not have moved into many of the homes he designed. 50.230.251.244 (talk) 10:27, 1 July 2024 (UTC)