Dennis & Dennis was an architectural partnership in the U.S. state of Georgia which was Georgia's oldest architectural firm. It designed numerous commercial, institutional and residential buildings in Macon and other Georgia communities.

Early years

It was established by Peter E. Dennis (1854-1929) in 1884. Peter had attended the University of Georgia from 1871 to 1872 and had trained in the office of

Algernon Blair Algernon Blair (August 6, 1873 - March 14, 1952) was a construction contractor in Montgomery, Alabama. He worked on many government building projects including county courthouses and U.S. post offices. He was a member of The Thirteen, a literary an ...

in Macon, before leaving to create his own firm. The firm became "Dennis and Dennis" in 1912 when Peter's son John joined.

Designs

Dennis and Dennis designed two houses in the

Shirley Hills Historic District The Shirley Hills Historic District in Macon, Georgia is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 and was expanded in 2014. It includes 401 contributing buildings and 68 non-contributing ones, and ...

's original listed area. With (see photo captions pages 15-17 of text document). The boundary increase added 271 contributing buildings and 24 contributing sites. Includes 60 photos (see photo captions pages 21-22). A number of their works are listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

for their architecture.

Works by either architect or attributed to the firm

* Turner County Courthouse (1907–08), Courthouse Sq.,

Ashburn, GA The city of Ashburn is the county seat of Turner County, Georgia, United States. As of 2010, the city had a population of 4,152. Ashburn's government is classified as a council/manager form of municipal government. Ashburn is noted for its peanuts ...

( Alexander Blair III and Peter E. Dennis), NRHP-listed * Southeastern Holiness Institute (1914), 102 Hospital Circle, Donalsonville, GA (Dennis, Peter E.), NRHP-listed * Leesburg High School (1922), 100 Starkville Ave., Leesburg, GA (Dennis and Dennis), NRHP-listed * Municipal Auditorium (1925), 415-435 1st St.,

Macon, GA Macon ( ), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia. Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is located southeast of Atlanta and lies near the geographic center of the state of Geo ...

(Dennis & Dennis served as associate architects to Edgerton Swartwout of New York), NRHP-listed *

New Perry Hotel New Perry Hotel is a historic hotel in Perry, Georgia, located at 800 Main Street. It consists of a three-story Neoclassical hotel built in 1925 and a one-story, eight-room Colonial Revival motel, which was built in 1955 and enlarged in 1959 wit ...

(1925), 800 Main St., Perry, GA (Dennis & Dennis), NRHP-listed * Telfair County Courthouse (1934), Courthouse Sq., McRae, GA (Dennis & Dennis), NRHP-listed * Emanuel County Courthouse (1940), Main St.,

Swainsboro, GA Swainsboro is a city in Emanuel County, Georgia, Emanuel County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 7,425. The city is the county seat of Emanuel County. G ...

(Dennis and Dennis), NRHP-listed * Dasher-Stevens House, 904 Orange Ter.,

(Dennis, Peter), NRHP-listed * Riverside Cemetery, 1301 Riverside Dr.,

(Dennis, Peter E.), NRHP-listed * West Point Public School, Jct. of Ave. F and E. 8th St.,

West Point, GA West Point is a city in Troup and Harris counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is located approximately halfway between Montgomery, Alabama and Atlanta along Interstate 85. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 3,474, and in 2015 t ...

(Dennis and Dennis), NRHP-listed *One or more works in

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, Roughly bounded by McLendon, Phillips, Monnie, Hudson and College Aves.,

(Dennis, Peter E.), NRHP-listed *One or more works in Everett Square Historic District, Roughly bounded by Knoxville, Vineville, Anderson, and Macon Sts. and the Central of Georgia RR tracks, Fort Valley, GA (Dennis & Dennis), NRHP-listed *One or more works in Shingler Heights Historic District, N. Main St. (US 41) between Murray and Hill Aves.,

(Dennis, Peter E.), NRHP-listed *At least two works in

, Macon, Georgia, NRHP-listed

References

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