page_title: Willis F. Denny
hierarchical_section_title: Willis F. Denny
caption_attribution_description: English: Rhodes Hall exterior front (property of The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation)
context_page_description: Willis F. Denny was an architect active in Atlanta, Georgia around the turn of the twentieth century. He was the architect of Rhodes Hall and the Kriegshaber House, both listed on the National Register, as well as the demolished Piedmont Hotel.
  His father-in-law was Major Asbury Fletcher Moreland, who lived on what is now Moreland Avenue and after whom the avenue was named.
  A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  Works include:
  Piedmont Hotel, demolished.
  the Methodist church in Conyers, Georgia, Late Gothic Revival, in red brick, a contributing building in the Conyers Residential Historic District,
  First Baptist Church of Augusta, Greene and 8th Sts., Augusta, Georgia, NRHP-listed
  Hartwell Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Howell St., Hartwell, Georgia, NRHP-listed
  One or more works in Inman Park-Moreland Historic District, roughly bounded by N. Highland, Seminole and Euclid, DeKalb, and Degress and Nashita Aves., Atlanta, Georgia, NRHP-listed
  Jefferson County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq., Louisville, Georgia, NRHP-listed
  Victor H. Kriegshaber House, 292 Moreland Ave., NE, Atlanta, Georgia, NRHP-listed
context_section_description: Willis F. Denny (1874-1905) was an architect active in Atlanta, Georgia around the turn of the twentieth century. He was the architect of Rhodes Hall (1903) and the Kriegshaber House (1900, now Wrecking Ball Brewpub), both listed on the National Register, as well as the demolished Piedmont Hotel (1903).
  His father-in-law was Major Asbury Fletcher Moreland, who lived on what is now Moreland Avenue and after whom the avenue was named.
  A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
  Works include (with variations in attribution):
  Piedmont Hotel (1903), demolished.
  the Methodist church in Conyers, Georgia (1902), Late Gothic Revival, in red brick, a contributing building in the Conyers Residential Historic District,
  First Baptist Church of Augusta, Greene and 8th Sts., Augusta, Georgia (Denny,Willis Franklin), NRHP-listed
  Hartwell Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Howell St., Hartwell, Georgia (Denny,Willis F.), NRHP-listed
  One or more works in Inman Park-Moreland Historic District, roughly bounded by N. Highland, Seminole and Euclid, DeKalb, and Degress and Nashita Aves., Atlanta, Georgia (Denny,Wallis F.), NRHP-listed
  Jefferson County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq., Louisville, Georgia (Denny,W.F.), NRHP-listed
  Victor H. Kriegshaber House, 292 Moreland Ave., NE, Atlanta, Georgia (Denny,Willis F.), NRHP-listed
  Louisville Commercial Historic District, area surrounding Broad St. between Peachtree and Screven Sts., including parts of Walnut, Mulberry and Green Sts., Louisville, Georgia (Denny, Willis F.), NRHP-listed
  Rhodes Memorial Hall, 1516 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Georgia (Denny,Willis F.), NRHP-listed
  St. Mark Methodist Church, 781 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Georgia (Denny,Willis F.), NRHP-listed
  Denny built his own home at what was 30 Moreland Avenue (according to the old street numbering system) in Moreland Park, now part of Inman Park, immediately north of the site of the Asbury Fletcher Moreland estate and two lots north of the Victor H. Kriegshaber House. The home was razed in the 1940s, however two lion statues marked with the number "86" still stand at the current address of 326 Moreland Ave.
caption: Rhodes Hall
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