Willis F. Denny
Illustration — Willis F. 1903 • Illustration — Rhodes Hall • Illustration — Piedmont Hotel 1903-1963 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 (1900, now Wrecking Bar Brewpub), both listed on the National Register, as well as the demolished Piedmont Hotel (1903). His father-in-law was Major Asbury Fletcher Moreland, who lived on what is now Moreland Avenue and after whom the avenue was named.
Willis F. Denny
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- 1874
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- 1905
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- United States
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- architect
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Illustration — Willis F. 1903 • Illustration — Rhodes Hall • Illustration — Piedmont Hotel 1903-1963 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 (1900, now Wrecking Bar Brewpub), both listed on the National Register, as well as the demolished Piedmont Hotel (1903). His father-in-law was Major Asbury Fletcher Moreland, who lived on what is now Moreland Avenue and after whom the avenue was named.
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Denny (1874–1905) was an American architect.
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- 1."W. F. Denny", New Georgia Encyclopedia
- 2.Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of Its People and Events, 1880s-1930s, by Franklin M. Garrett, p.490
- 3.2010a.
- 4.Lisa Raflo. 35 photos. National Park Service. May 11, 1990 with NRHP url.
- 5.Search for "WF Denny" and "Moreland" in Google News Archive search
- 6."Victor H. Kriegshaber House (The Wrecking Bar)", Urban Design Commission, City of Atlanta
- 7."Little Five Points Commercial District", p. 34, Environmental Corporation of America
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