Willis F. Denny (1874-1905) was an architect active in
Atlanta, Georgia around the turn of the twentieth century. He was the architect of
Rhodes Hall (1903) and the
Kriegshaber House
The Kriegshaber House, now the Wrecking Bar Brewpub, is a historic Beaux-Arts mansion on 292 Moreland Avenue NW in Inman Park, Atlanta. It was built around 1900. Victor Hugo Kriegshaber (1859–1934) was founder and president of the Atlanta Ter ...
(1900, now Wrecking Bar Brewpub), both listed on the
National Register, as well as the demolished
Piedmont Hotel (1903).
["W. F. Denny", ''New Georgia Encyclopedia'']
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His father-in-law was Major Asbury Fletcher Moreland, who lived on what is now Moreland Avenue
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and after whom the avenue was named.
A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[
*the Methodist church in Conyers, Georgia (1902), Late Gothic Revival, in red brick, a contributing building in the Conyers Residential Historic District,][ with ]
*First Baptist Church of Augusta
First Baptist Church of Augusta is a Baptist church in Augusta, Georgia. The original location is now a historical site. The current church building is located on Walton Way.
Baptists Praying Society
According to the earliest church records, ...
, Greene and 8th Sts., Augusta, Georgia (Denny, Willis Franklin), NRHP-listed[
* Hartwell Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Howell St., ]Hartwell, Georgia
Hartwell is a city in Hart County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,469 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Hart County.
History
Hartwell was founded in 1854 as seat of the newly formed Hart County. It was incorporated ...
(Denny, Willis F.), NRHP-listed[
*One or more works in ]Inman Park-Moreland Historic District Inman may refer to:
Places
*Inman, Georgia
* Inman, Illinois
*Inman, Kansas
*Inman, Nebraska
* Inman, New Brunswick
*Inman, South Carolina
* Inman, Tennessee
*Inman, Virginia
*Inman Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts
*Inman Township (disambiguation) ...
, roughly bounded by N. Highland, Seminole and Euclid, DeKalb, and Degress and Nashita Aves., Atlanta, Georgia (Denny, Willis F.), NRHP-listed[
* Jefferson County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq., Louisville, Georgia (Denny, W.F.), NRHP-listed][
* Victor H. Kriegshaber House, 292 Moreland Ave., NE, Atlanta, Georgia (Denny, Willis F.), NRHP-listed][
* Louisville Commercial Historic District, area surrounding Broad St. between Peachtree and Screven Sts., including parts of Walnut, Mulberry and Green Sts., Louisville, Georgia (Denny, Willis F.), NRHP-listed][
* Rhodes Memorial Hall, 1516 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Georgia (Denny, Willis F.), NRHP-listed][
* St. Mark Methodist Church, 781 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Georgia (Denny, Willis F.), NRHP-listed][
Denny built his own home at what was 30 Moreland Avenue (according to the old street numbering system) in Moreland Park, now part of ]Inman Park
Inman Park is an intown neighborhood on the east side of Atlanta, Georgia, and its first planned suburb. It was named for Samuel M. Inman.
History
Today's neighborhood of Inman Park includes areas that were originally designated
* Inman Park p ...
, immediately north of the site of the Asbury Fletcher Moreland estate and two lots north of the Victor H. Kriegshaber House. The home was razed in the 1940s, however two lion statues marked with the number "86" still stand at the current address of 326 Moreland Ave."Little Five Points Commercial District", p. 34, Environmental Corporation of America
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External links
Photo of W.F. Denny house at Atlanta History Center site
References
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1874 births
1905 deaths
20th-century American architects
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