J. Neel Reid, architect, of Hentz, Reid & Adler and the Georgia school of classicists [Macon and the early years -- Macon portfolio -- Hills and Dales / Ferrell Gardens -- Hills and Dales portfolio -- Atlanta -- Atlanta portfolio -- Florida and other locations: Florida; Roswell, Georgia; Columbus, Georgia; Griffin, Georgia; Social Circle - Newton County, Georgia -- Epilogue / analytique]

Atlanta, GA : A Golden Coast book for Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, 1997, 1997. Fine. xi, 250 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm. ; ISBN: 0932958192; 9780932958198 LCCN: 97-74217 ; LC: NA737.R44; Dewey: 728/.092 ; OCLC: 57466077 ; Contents: Preface and acknowledgements -- Prelude / Esquisse -- Introduction / parti -- Macon and the early years -- Macon portfolio -- Hills and Dales / Ferrell Gardens -- Hills and Dales portfolio -- Atlanta -- Atlanta portfolio -- Florida and other locations: Florida; Roswell, Georgia; Columbus, Georgia; Griffin, Georgia; Social Circle - Newton County, Georgia -- Epilogue / analytique -- Appendix I: Chronology -- Appendix II: J. Neel Reid and selected Georgia classicists -- Appendix II: list of jobs -- Appendix IV: Sources -- Architectural index -- Index of Jobs. ; "William R. Mitchell Jr. was a founding trustee of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. He is a cultural historian, historic preservationist, lecturer and award-winning author. His many books include monographs on architects such as J. Neel Reid, James Means and Keith Summerour. He has written text for books on Savannah, Atlanta and New Orleans. Classical America has called him 'the leading authority on the architecture of Georgia.' Mitchell is a founding trustee of the Southern Architecture Foundation, Inc." ; "Jim Lockhart has been photographing the architectural history of Georgia for more than 30 years. As photographer for the State of Georgia Historic Preservation Division, he has documented more than 2,000 nominations to the National Register of Historic Places. In 2002 he received an Honor Award from AIA Georgia for his contributions to historic preservation." ; "Let us picture this world that Neel Reid helped to build and to give form and style. And let us imagine a rare thing -- a Southern cultural hero -- yes, and a Southern gentleman as well, handsome and social, but a genius who was first and foremost an artist and tastemaker, not yet forty-one years of age when a brain tumor took him away: loved, celebrated, mourned, and seldom forgotten. Let us reacquaint ourselves with this champion of architecture, gardens, and interior decoration, of fine arts and antiques, a leader of charm and style who helped to establish architecture and landscape architecture as professions in his region. And let us be aware that he and his partners and staff of interns and draftsmen from their Candler Building (beaux arts atelier) office/studio founded a Georgia school of classicists, spawned numerous careers and other firms, and set lasting professional and aesthetic standards." ; wine-colored cloth in photographic dustjacket ; FINE/FINE