Paul Williams: Architect to Stars and St. Jude

African-American architect who made his name designing homes for the stars donated his star-shaped design for the hospital founded by his friend Danny Thomas.

He styled a Mid-Century Modern bachelor’s abode for Frank Sinatra that enthralled a national audience during a televised tour. For Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, he designed a Palm Springs weekend home that epitomized sleek, glass-walled elegance.

But Paul Revere Williams had something simpler, more functional in mind when he drew up plans for the original St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

For this project, the so-called architect to the stars sketched a star.

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