

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Paul R. Williams: Architectural Visions from Hollywood to Fort Wayne
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Paul R. Williams (1894–1980), the first African American member of the AIA and famed “Architect to the Stars,” designed iconic homes for Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball, and Barbara Stanwyck, as well as landmarks like the Beverly Hills Hotel redesign and the LAX Theme Building.

His work also touched the automotive world through E.L. Cord, who commissioned Williams’s Beverly Hills estate, Cordhaven. In Northeast Indiana, Dr. Theodore and Beatrice Borders hired him to design their c.1954 Nevada Avenue home, showing how his visionary style reached far beyond Hollywood.

This program celebrates Williams’s national impact and his regional connections, highlighting a legacy defined by elegance, innovation, and enduring influence.

This lecture is presented in partnership between the African American Genealogical Society of Fort Wayne, ARCH Inc., Indiana Landmarks Black Heritage Program Fort Wayne Committee, Allen County Public Library, and the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum.

This will be presented at The Allen County Public Library Main Branch, Genealogy Lecture Hall

It is an entirely free event
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/fort-wayne/paul-r-williams-architectural-visions-from-hollywood-to-fort-wayne/200029495816933
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- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Fort Wayne
- **state**: IN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Allen County Public Library
- **lat**: 41.077101844378
- **long**: -85.143043655023
- **full address**: Allen County Public Library, 342 W Washington Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46802-3023, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum (https://allevents.in/org/auburn-cord-duesenberg-automobile-museum/6927139)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 01:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Allen County Public Library, 342 W Washington Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46802-3023, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
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