Walter T. Downing (1865-1918) was an American architect in

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. Several of his works are listed on the

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. Walter T. Downing was father of John F. Downing, who was also an architect and who continued his father's firm.

Work

*Capt. Edward Gay House (1896), aka Training and Counseling Center at Saint Luke's, 98 Currier Street NE, Atlanta, Georgia *

Atlanta Women's Club The Wimbish House is a historic building in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, commissioned in 1898 and finished in 1906. It has been owned and operated by The Atlanta Woman's Club since they purchased it in 1920. The idea for the house came from ...

(1898), aka Wimbish House, 1150 Peachtree St., NE,

(Downing, Walter T.), NRHP-listed * Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1897-1898), 335 Ivy St., NE, Atlanta, Georgia (Downing, Walter T.), NRHP-listed *Dr. James Dodson House (1915–18),

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*Eiseman Clothing Company store (1901–02), Atlanta, Georgia *Frank S. Ellis House (1910–14), 1 Peachtree Circle, Ansley Park neighborhood, Atlanta, Georgia *First Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Georgia *John Grant House (1921), now the Cherokee Town Club *

Healey Building The Healey Building, at 57 Forsyth Street NW, in the Fairlie-Poplar district of Atlanta, was the last major skyscraper built in that city during the pre-World War I construction boom. Designed by the firm of Morgan & Dillon, with assistance from ...

(1913), 57 Forsyth St., Atlanta, Georgia ( Morgan & Dillon; Downing, Walter T.), NRHP-listed *

Sam Jones Memorial United Methodist Church The Sam Jones Methodist Church (formerly Sam Jones Memorial United Methodist Church) at 100 W. Church St. in Cartersville, Georgia was built in 1907. It was designed by Atlanta architect Walter T. Downing. It was listed on the National Register ...

, 100 W. Church St. Cartersville, Georgia (Downing, Walter T.), NRHP-listed *Lupton Hall (1920), Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia (with Morgan and Dillon) * William P. Nicolson House, 821 Piedmont Ave., Atlanta, Georgia (Downing, Walter T.), NRHP-listed * The Pines, (1896) SE corner of 5th St. and Lapsley Ave. Anniston, Alabama (Downing, Walter T.), NRHP-listed *Swann Dormitory and the Electrical Engineering (Savant) Building (both 1901), Georgia School of Technology (later

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) *United Methodist Church, Atlanta, Georgia *Robert H. Brown Residence, 26 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia, by Walter T. Downing (directly behind Georgian Terrace before Juniper Street) *Charles Lincoln Gately Residence, 960 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia, by Walter T. Downing (SW corner of Peachtree & 14th Street) *Dr. William Perrin Nicolson Residence, 689 Piedmont Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia by Walter T. Downing (SE corner of Piedmont & Sixth Street) *Judge Henry B. Tompkins, 760 Peachtree Street, Atlanta. NW corner of 8th Street & Peachtree. *Hudson Moore Residence, 2610 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, Georgia. (The house faced Peachtree Way in Buckhead, property now occupied by Park Place Condominiums) *Joseph K. Orr, 933 Peachtree Street, Atlanta Georgia (home stood on the SE corner of Peachtree & 14th Street) *Edward T. Brown Residence 968 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia Walter T. Downing (home was directly across the street from Colony Square Tower #2) *Wilmer L. Moore Residence 964 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia. (home stood on NW corner of Peachtree & 14th Street, adjacent to Edward T. Brown home) *Hugh Richardson Residence, 400 West Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia. (home stood on NW corner of West Peachtree & 5th Street, directly across from Biltmore Hotel) *Packard Garage, 541 Peachtree Street, NE corner of Peachtree Street & North Avenue. *Edwin Rembert Dubose Residence, 1695 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, Georgia, Architects Smith & Downing. The home still stands near the intersection of Peachtree Road & Collier Road (behind a commercial building in the original location now known as 1919 Peachtree Road) *Charles E. Boynton Residence, 272 Rawson Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia

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W. T. Downing: 1865-1918
New Georgia Encyclopedia {{DEFAULTSORT:Downing, Walter T. 19th-century American architects 1865 births 1918 deaths