James H. Garrott

James Homer Garrott Jr.[1]
Garrott, c. 1915
BornJune 19, 1897
DiedJune 9, 1991(1991-06-09) (aged 93)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationArchitect
Spouse
Helen Ruth Duncan
(m. 1942; died 1973)

James Homer Garrott Jr. (1897–1991), was an American architect active in the Los Angeles area in the mid-20th century. He designed more than 200 buildings, including twenty-five churches and several public buildings.[2] He has been described as a "pivotal black avant garde modernist of the 1940s era."[3]

  1. ^ "James H. Garrott, architect, circa 1915". UCLA Library Digital Collections. University of California, Los Angeles.
  2. ^ Henderson, Wesley Howard (2004), "James Homer Garrott", in Wilson, Dreck Spurlock (ed.), African-American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 9780203493120
  3. ^ Mitchell, Melvin L. (2003), The Crisis of the African American Architect: Conflicting Cultures of Architecture and (Black) Power, iUniverse