The Albert E. Thornton House in
Atlanta, Georgia was built in 1938. It was designed by architect
Philip T. Shutze
Philip Trammell Shutze (August 18, 1890 – October 17, 1982) was an American architect. He became a partner in 1927 of Hentz, Adler & Shutze. He is known for his neo-classical architecture.
Designed the HM Patterson & son spring Hill chapel, ...
. The house is asserted to be a "superb example of the
Regency Revival style in Atlanta".
It is a five-bay central block building with one-story wings. Its Regency features include its
apsodial entrance, its use of an elliptical window and an "eye-lid" dormer, and its stucco building material.
Shutze was once regarded as "the nation's foremost living classical architect". He and his firm designed seven of the mansions on Atlanta's West Paces Ferry Road. His landscape design for the "
Swan House", another of the mansions, was important to the overall success of that home's
English Renaissance Revival architecture.
The landscaping of the Thornton House is likewise important in its success.
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.][
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References
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
Houses completed in 1938
Houses in Atlanta
National Register of Historic Places in Atlanta
Regency architecture in the United States
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