James Homer Garrott, was an African-American architect active in the Los Angeles area in the mid-20th century who designed more than 200 buildings. He has been described as a "pivotal black Avant garde modernist of the 1940s era. He earned his architect's license (1928), studied Architecture at the University of Southern California (1930-1934) and was the second African-American admitted to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in Los Angeles (1946). Young men at Sycamore Canyon: (1) Alva Bowdoin, (2) Emory Bowdoin, (3) James Garrott, (4) Dr. Thomas Augustus (Gus) Greene, Jr., (5) Owen Troy, (5a) Prof. Thomas A. Greene, Sr., (6) ?, (7) James Vena (Dot's brother), (8) Elmer Barr (son of Mrs. Katherine Barr), (9) Alva Garrott, Jr., (10) Capt. Homer Garrott, (11) Richard (Dick) Temple, seated: (12) Curtis Garrott, (13) Robert Garrott, (14) Lawrence Greene, (15) (Cornelius) Harrington Outlaw, (16) Edward Peters (no relation to Bill Peters). Thomas Augustus Greene was the first Executive Secretary of the 28th St. Branch of the YMCA and served from 1906 to 1932.
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African American children Temple, Richard Garrott, Robert W., 1899-1976 Bowdoin, Emory Hugh, b. 1892 Garrott, Alva, 1894-1983 Barr, Elmer Ellsworth, Jr., 1895-1980 Outlaw, Harrington, b. 1900 or 01 Garrott, James H. (James Homer), 1897-1991 Greene, Lawrence C., 1897-1992 Vena, James M. (James Monroe), Jr., 1895-1962 Garrott, Curtis Walker, 1899-1969 Greene, Thomas Augustus, Jr., 1895-1988 Greene, Thomas Augustus, 1867-1949 Peters, Edward Troy, Owen Austin, b. 1899 Garrott, Homer Livingston, 1881-1965 Bowdoin, Alva Sherry, 1896-1974
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