Hentz, Reid & Adler

Rich's department store (1924) (east side, taken from northeast

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."^[1]

The partnership Hentz & Reid included Hal Fitzgerald Hentz (1883-1972) and Joseph Neel Reid (1885-1926). Rudolph S. Adler became a partner in 1913. In 1927, after Reid’s death in 1926, Philip T. Shutze became partner in 1927 and the firm became known as Hentz, Adler & Shutze.^[1]

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Several of their works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).^[3]

Works

Atlanta

• 140 Peachtree Street NE (1911, lower three floors remain), Downtown- currently house downtown offices of the Atlanta Historical Society^[4]
• J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building (listed under a previous name, "Citizen's and Southern Bank Building"), a.k.a. the "Empire Building", 35 Broad St. (Hentz,Adler & Shutze), NRHP-listed
• Jacob's drugstore, 886 (now 810) N. Highland Ave. NE, Virginia-Highland^[5]
• Paramount Theater (orig. Howard Theater), Peachtree St., between Ellis and Houston (demolished 1960)^[6]
• Peachtree Southern Railway Station, 1688 Peachtree St., NW, Brookwood (Hentz, Reid & Adler), NRHP-listed
• Reid House Condominiums (1924), 1325 Peachtree St. NE, Midtown^[7]
• Rich's department store flagship (1924), Broad St., South Downtown^[8]
• Henry B. Tompkins House, built 1922, 125 W. Wesley Rd., NW., Atlanta (Hentz,Reid & Adler), NRHP-listed
• Swan House, home of Edward and Emily Inman, Built in 1924. Now part of Atlanta History Center, NRHP-listed

Rest of Georgia

• Cedartown: Hawkes Children's Library, N. College St. (Hentz,Reid & Adler), NRHP-listed
• Columbus: Robert E. Dismukes Sr., 1617 Summit Dr. (Hentz,Reid & Adler), NRHP-listed
• Griffin: St. George's Episcopal Church, 132 N. Tenth St. (Hentz, Reid, and Adler), NRHP-listed
• Macon:
  • Massee Apartments (1924), 347 College St.^[9]
  • Villa Albicini, 150 Tucker Rd. (Hentz,Reid & Adler), NRHP-listed

Outside Georgia

• 310 West Church Street Apartments, 420 N. Julia St., Jacksonville, Florida (Hentz,Reid & Adler), NRHP-listed

References

1. "Hentz, Reid & Adler Architectural Drawings Collection: Biographical/Historical Note".
2. Robert M. Craig (2002). "Neel Reid (1885-1926)".
3. Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
4. "140 Peachtree Street", emporis.com
5. Advertisement in Atlanta Constitution, April 3, 1921, p.5
6. "VIS 71.252.04 Paramount Theater", Atlanta History Center
7. "Reid House Condominiums", emporis.com
8. "New $400,000 apartment building", Atlanta Constitution, September 17, 1922]
9. "Massee Apartments", emporis.com