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The Neon Museum Las Vegas webpage announces the grand opening of this historic collection and repurposed La Concha Motel lobby on October 27, 2012. For details about the festivities, 15-years of planning for this event, and information about their sign collection go to The Neon Museum webpage.

Letters, plans and other ephemera associated with the creation of St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis were recently discovered in The Brother I. Leo O'Donnell Archives at Christian Brothers University (Memphis, TN). Kay Cunningham, Library Director at CBU, was reviewing materials in The ...

Melissa Block interviews Karen Grigsby Bates as part of the series The Spirit of Innovation. The interviews includes sound bytes from a release party for the new book Paul R. Williams: Classic Hollywood Style by Karen Hudson, Williams' ...

Oakridge Estate Park shared recent photographs of the Barbara Stanwyck Residence with the Paul Revere Williams Project. These images of the home are a valuable addition to the GALLERY and research on Williams' work. Thank you to the Oakridge Estate Park Board for their interest and ...

An illustrated article about Williams, his life and contributions to California architecture is featured in the March 2012 electronic issue of AIArchitect. With extensive quotes from Leslie Luebbers, principal investigator for the Paul Revere Williams Project, the story has links to many entries in ...

Janna Bernheim Bernstein died in December 2011. An active member of the art education community in Memphis, Janna volunteered many hours working on the Paul Revere Williams Project education component posted on our website. Her creative enthusiasm will be missed.

Summer 2011 issue of Atomic Ranch: Midcentury Marvels includes an article on Paul R. Williams' ranch houses. "Nick of Time: Paul R. Williams" addresses the architect's contributions to the American ranch house. Less well known are the midcentury tracts and custom homes for mere ...

The first museum exhibition of 20th century African-American architect Paul Revere Williams opens at the Art Museum of the University of Memphis on the evening of October 22, 5-7:30 with a public reception.  The exhibit, which continues through January 8, emphasizes the architectural talent of ...

A recent article by Mella Rothwell Harmon, an architectural historian and preservation consultant, chronicles the rediscovery and authentication of two forgotten Paul R. Williams’ buildings in Lovelock, Nevada. (The existence of the Lovelock Inn and the Tharpe/Brinkerhoff residence were ...