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Neel Reid

{{Short description|American architect}}

{{Infobox person

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|birth_name=Joseph Neel Reid

|birth_date={{birth date|1885|10|23}}

|birth_place=Jacksonville, Alabama, US

|death_date={{death date and age|1926|2|14|1885|10|23}}

|death_place=Roswell, Georgia, US

|resting_place=Rose Hill Cemetery
Macon, Georgia, US

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Joseph Neel Reid (October 23, 1885 – February 14, 1926), also referred to as Neel Reid, was a prominent architect in Atlanta, Georgia, in the early 20th century as a partner in his firm Hentz, Reid and Adler.

Early life

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Reid was born in Jacksonville, Alabama, in 1885. He moved to Macon, Georgia, with his family in 1890.Mitchell, William. J. Neel Reid Architect. Golden Coast Publishing. p.18. After an apprenticeship with architect Curran Ellis, Reid moved to Atlanta to continue his career at the suggestion of his mentor.

Career

Reid specialized in elaborate homes, but he also designed commercial, transportation, educational, medical, and university buildings. Many of these buildings survive today, primarily centered in the Buckhead and Ansley Park sections of Atlanta and in Athens, Georgia.

The blueprints of Reid's designs are held as part of the Hentz, Reid and Adler Drawing Collection at the Archives and Special Collections of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.

Reid lived in Mimosa Hall (built by Major John Dunwoody c. 1840) in Roswell which he bought in 1916 and extensively renovated including designing the gardens.

Reid died of brain cancer on February 14, 1926, at the age of 40 and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, Georgia.

Legacy

A number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Reid's work is the focus of two books:

  • James Grady, Architecture of Neel Reid in Georgia, University of Georgia Press, 1973
  • William Mitchell, Jr., J. Neel Reed, Architect, of Hentz, Reid & Adler, and the Georgia School of Classicists, Gold Coast Publishing, 1997.

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Work

In Athens, Georgia:

In the Atlanta, Georgia, area:

Elsewhere in Georgia:

In Florida:

References

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  • {{cite web

| url = http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/atlanta/tom.htm

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030226125119/http://www.cr.nps.gov/NR/travel/atlanta/tom.htm

| url-status = dead

| archive-date = February 26, 2003

| title = Henry B. Tompkins House

| accessdate = 2006-12-28

| publisher = National Park Service

}}

  • {{cite web

|url = http://apps.atlantaga.gov/citydir/URBAN/haas-ho.htm

|title = Haas-Howell Building

|accessdate = 2006-12-28

|publisher = City of Atlanta Official Website

|url-status = dead

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061002083814/http://apps.atlantaga.gov/citydir/URBAN/haas-ho.htm

|archivedate = 2006-10-02

}}

  • {{cite web

| url = http://www.thesolarium.com/solarium_history.html

| title = Solarium History

| accessdate = 2006-12-28

| publisher = The Community Center of South Decatur

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070524142013/http://www.thesolarium.com/solarium_history.html

| archive-date = 2007-05-24

| url-status = dead

}}

  • {{cite encyclopedia

| url = http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-559&hl=y

| title = Neel Reid entry

| accessdate = 2006-12-28

| encyclopedia = New Georgia Encyclopedia

}}

  • {{cite web

| url = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8276377&pt=J.%20Reid

| title = Neel Reid entry

| accessdate = 2006-12-28

| publisher = Find A Grave

}}

  • {{cite web

| url = http://www.cvb.roswell.ga.us/attractions2.html

| title = Historic Roswell District

| accessdate = 2006-12-28

| publisher = Historic Roswell Convention & Visitors Bureau

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061006023902/http://www.cvb.roswell.ga.us/attractions2.html |archivedate = 2006-10-06}}

  • {{cite web

| url = http://www.visitathensga.com/attractions_heritage.cfm

| title = Heritage Attractions

| accessdate = 2006-12-28

| publisher = Athens Convention & Visitors Bureau

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061019235841/http://www.visitathensga.com/attractions_heritage.cfm |archivedate = 2006-10-19}}

  • {{cite web

|url = http://polkhist.home.mindspring.com/

|title = Official website

|accessdate = 2006-12-28

|publisher = Polk County Historical Society

|url-status = dead

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061211050916/http://polkhist.home.mindspring.com/

|archivedate = 2006-12-11

}}

External links

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  • [http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/DruidHills/neighborhood/reid-homes.html Druid Hills Homes by Joseph Neel Reid]
  • [http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2000/11/27/focus1.html Jaques L. Couret, Jr., "Design classics", Atlanta Business Chronicle, November 24, 2000]

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Category:1885 births

Category:1926 deaths

Category:People from Jacksonville, Alabama

Category:American residential architects

Category:History of Atlanta

Category:People from Macon, Georgia

Category:People from Roswell, Georgia

Category:20th-century American architects

Category:Architects from Alabama

Category:Architects from Georgia (U.S. state)

Category:Deaths from brain cancer in Georgia (U.S. state)