The 2011 Showcase home is a 1927 English Revival sited in La Canada Flintridge.  The JB Green house has been in the same family for over 60 years.  Tax records indicate the 6 bedroom, five bath residence encompasses 7,127 sq ft on 3 acres.

Architect: Famed architect, Paul Williams who has designed numerous Los Angeles homes.  Williams was a talented African-American architect working predominantly for wealthy white clients during an era of widespread discrimination.  Williams’ reminisced “In the moment that they met me and discovered they were dealing with a Negro, I could see many of them freeze," he wrote in American Magazine. "My success during those first few years was founded largely upon my willingness — anxiety would be a better word — to accept commissions which were rejected as too small by other, more favored, architects."

Other Williams designs include the Ambassador & Beverly Hills Hotels.

Celebrity residences: Ball-Arnaz, Jennifer Jones, Tyrone Power, Barbara Stanwick, Frank Sinatra and many more. 

Local Paul Williams designs include:

Glendale: Baird/Stewart/Garza residence, 1616 Parkridge Drive

La Canada: Katherine B. Flint residence, 524 Dartmouth Place
Haze House, 503 Dartmouth Place
Louis Cass House, 4236 Woodleigh Lane
J B Green House, 4159 Commonwealth
King – Beesemyer House, 841 Inverness Drive
Dr. Joseph T Edward house, 3718 Chevy Chase Drive

Pasadena: Dr V Mott Pierce House, 200 Fern Drive
Shepard house, 111 Linda Vista Ave.
Lockhart House, 2258 Villa Heights Rd.

South Pasadena: Burnett House, 2048 Edgewood Dr.

Proceeds benefit, Music, the Arts and other non-profits.

April 17 – May 15, ticket information here

Additional info on the La Canada Paul Williams English Revival Showcase House 

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