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Architect J. Neel
Reid (and his partners in Hentz, Reid &
Adler) founded the Georgia school of
classicists after study at Columbia
University and abroad. Many sources
influenced Reid’s architecture, and his
interior and garden designs. His travel
diary, sketchbooks and scrapbooks, and
extensive library reflect this. His
early-twentieth-century interest in historic
preservation and contextual design, in
architectural education and professional
standards of practice inspired others long
after his tragic early death of a brain
tumor in 1926.
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Reid’s
father’s family were Troup County,
Georgia, pioneers; he grew up in Macon,
beginning apprenticeship and practice there
before, in 1909, moving to Atlanta.
J. Neel Reid,
Architect by William R. Mitchell, Jr. and
published by The Georgia Trust, gives new
life to Reid’s rich legacy, keeping his
influence fresh in this new century. The J.
Neel Reid Prize, provided by a Georgia Trust
fund produced from the sale of the book,
helps ensure continuation of Reid’s
influence among a new generation of
architects.
Proceeds from
book sales help support the J. Neel Reid
Prize, a yearly award to an architecture
student, an architect intern or a recently
registered architect for study travel that
honors the legacy of Neel Reid.
To order a
copy of the book, call 404-885-7802.
Read
more on William Mitchell and the Southern
Architecture Foundation
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