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Joseph Neel Reid (October 23, 1885 – February 14, 1926), also referred to as Neel Reid, was a prominent architect in
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, Georgia, in the early 20th century as a partner in his firm
Hentz, Reid and Adler Hentz, Reid & Adler was an architectural firm that did work in the U.S. state of Georgia. The firm is "known in the Southeast for their Beaux-Arts style and as the founding fathers of the Georgia school of classicism." The partnership Hentz & Re ...
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Early life

Reid was born in
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, 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
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and
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sections of Atlanta and in
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. The blueprints of Reid's designs are held as part of the
Hentz, Reid and Adler Hentz, Reid & Adler was an architectural firm that did work in the U.S. state of Georgia. The firm is "known in the Southeast for their Beaux-Arts style and as the founding fathers of the Georgia school of classicism." The partnership Hentz & Re ...
Drawing Collection at the Archives and Special Collections of the
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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
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Legacy

A number of his works are listed on the U.S.
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(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.


Work

In Athens, Georgia: *Commerce-Journalism Building,
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North Campus, now called Brooks Hall *James R. White, Jr. House, 1084 Prince Avenue *Michael Brothers Houses, Prince Avenue (between the President's House (University of Georgia) and the Henry W. Grady House, now demolished *Michael Brothers Store, 320 East Clayton Street In the Atlanta, Georgia, area: *Haas-Howell Building, 75 Poplar St., Atlanta GA * Henry B. Tompkins House, 125 W. Wesley Rd., NW., Atlanta GA *
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, Atlanta's
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station, 1688 Peachtree Street, NW, Atlanta GA *
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, 321 W. Hill St., Decatur GA *Several buildings in the
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, Roughly bounded by McCord St., Oakmont St., Whitlock Ave., Powder Springs Rd., Trammel St., Maxwell Ave., and Hazel St., Marietta GA *Several houses in the
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, Atlanta GA *
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, 2922 Andrews Dr., NW, Atlanta GA Elsewhere in Georgia: * Hawkes Children's Library, N. College St., Cedartown GA * Hawkes Library, 210 S. 6th St. Griffin GA *Hawkes Children's Library, Jackson, Georgia *Langford House (1913), at 900 Main Street in
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with (with the Langford House in photo 1) * Robert E. Dismukes, Sr., House, 1617 Summit Dr., Columbus GA * St. George's Episcopal Church (Griffin, Georgia), 132 N. Tenth St., Griffin, GA *
Villa Albicini Villa Albicini is a historic house in Macon, Georgia that was built in the 1920s. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. It is located at 150 Tucker Road. It was designed by Macon architect Neel Reid and built by Dani ...
, 150 Tucker Rd., Macon GA In Florida: * Alexander Hotel (St. Petersburg, Florida), 535 Central Ave. St. Petersburg FL *
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, 420 N. Julia St., Jacksonville FL, which later became the ''Ambassador Hotel''


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Druid Hills Homes by Joseph Neel Reid
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