Welcome to the Hugh E. Taylor Archives Online Database!
Hugh E. Taylor is a renowned mid-century architect whose career spans from 1946 to 1989. Taylor worked in Los Angeles, CA before moving to Las Vegas, NV in 1951 where he lived until his death in October of 2015. He designed a variety of buildings including residential and commercial buildings, additions, renovations, and multi-family homes. Among these architectural drawings are numerous historically important buildings in Southern Nevada including a renovation of the Moulin Rouge, Sunrise Hospital, Wilbur Clark's Palm House, Showboat Bowling Alley, and hundreds of custom and tract homes across the Las Vegas Valley. Although Taylor is well known for designing Wilbur Clark's Desert Inn Casino, no drawings exist of this work.
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