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.
Reid was born in Jacksonville, Alabama, in 1885. He moved to Macon, Georgia, with his family in 1890.[1] After an apprenticeship with architect Curran Ellis, Reid moved to Atlanta to continue his career at the suggestion of his mentor. 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.
A number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
Reid was the architect for the following buildings:
In Athens, Georgia:
Commerce-Journalism Building, University of Georgia 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
Peachtree station, Atlanta's Amtrak station, 1688 Peachtree Street, NW, Atlanta GA
Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children, 321 W. Hill St., Decatur GA
Several buildings in the Whitlock Avenue Historic District, 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 Ansley Park Historic District, Atlanta GA
Stuart Witham House, 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 Conyers, Georgia, Conyers Residential Historic District[2]
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, 150 Tucker Rd., Macon GA
In Florida:
Alexander Hotel (St. Petersburg, Florida), 535 Central Ave. St. Petersburg FL
310 West Church Street Apartments, 420 N. Julia St., Jacksonville FL, which later became the Ambassador Hotel
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.
^Mitchell, William. J. Neel Reid Architect. Golden Coast Publishing. p.18.
^Lisa Raflo (May 11, 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Conyers Residential Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved July 27, 2016. with 35 photos (with the Langford House in photo 1)
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