Exterior view of Fairmount Terrace I, funded by the Stovall Foundation, and designed by Paul R. Williams. Paul Williams was an African American architect who designed almost 2,000 homes in the Los Angeles area. He worked for wealthy celebrity clients, but also designed affordable homes, public housing, and civic, commercial, and institutional buildings. His works exhibit elegant composition and perfect proportion. Fairmount Terrace I apartments is a senior affordable rental housing community located at 4000 Fairmount St, Los Angeles, surrounded by gardens, walkways and outdoor terraces. Groundbreaking for construction was held on 1-20-1968. Written on back of photo: Stovall Foundation - Fairmount Terrace I. Designed by Paul Williams.
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Low income housing Apartment houses Williams, Paul R., 1894-1980 The 300 North Los Angeles St. Federal Building is on the National Register of Historic Places. The building forms a single cubic mass, eighteen bays wide by eight bays deep. The perimeter columns are clad in marble panels that extend the full height of the building, delineating the structural bays. The primary entrance is symmetrically located on the west façade and consists of a wide, T-shaped canopy projecting from the colonnade over the west terrace and entrance steps. The canopy is supported on square, marble-veneered columns and shelters an entrance pavilion with floor-to-ceiling walls of metal-framed glass
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