Walter T. Downing

Healey Building

Walter T. Downing (1865-1918) was an American architect in Atlanta, Georgia. ^[1] Several of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. ^[2] Walter T. Downing was father of John F. Downing, who was also an architect and who continued his father's firm.

Work

• Capt. Edward Gay House (1896), aka Training and Counseling Center at Saint Luke's, 98 Currier Street NE, Atlanta, Georgia
• Atlanta Women's Club (1898), aka Wimbish House, 1150 Peachtree St., NE, Atlanta, Georgia (Downing, Walter T.), NRHP-listed ^[2]
• Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1897-1898), 335 Ivy St., NE, Atlanta, Georgia (Downing, Walter T.), NRHP-listed ^[2]
• Dr. James Dodson House (1915–18), Druid Hills, Georgia ^{[1] [3]}
• Eiseman Clothing Company store (1901–02), Atlanta, Georgia ^[1]
• Frank S. Ellis House (1910–14), 1 Peachtree Circle, Ansley Park neighborhood, Atlanta, Georgia ^[1]
• First Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Georgia ^[1]
• John Grant House (1921), now the Cherokee Town Club ^[1]
• Healey Building (1913), 57 Forsyth St., Atlanta, Georgia (Morgan & Dillon; Downing, Walter T.), NRHP-listed ^[2]
• Sam Jones Memorial United Methodist Church, 100 W. Church St. Cartersville, Georgia (Downing, Walter T.), NRHP-listed ^[2]
• Lupton Hall (1920), Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia (with Morgan and Dillon) ^{[1] [4]}
• William P. Nicolson House, 821 Piedmont Ave., Atlanta, Georgia (Downing, Walter T.), NRHP-listed ^[2]
• The Pines, (1896) SE corner of 5th St. and Lapsley Ave. Anniston, Alabama (Downing, Walter T.), NRHP-listed ^[2]
• Swann Dormitory and the Electrical Engineering (Savant) Building (both 1901), Georgia School of Technology (later Georgia Institute of Technology) ^[1]
• United Methodist Church, Atlanta, Georgia ^[1]
• Robert H. Brown Residence, 26 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia, by Walter T. Downing (directly behind Georgian Terrace before Juniper Street)
• Charles Lincoln Gately Residence, 960 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia, by Walter T. Downing (SW corner of Peachtree & 14th Street)
• Dr. William Perrin Nicolson Residence, 689 Piedmont Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia by Walter T. Downing (SE corner of Piedmont & Sixth Street)
• Judge Henry B. Tompkins, 760 Peachtree Street, Atlanta. NW corner of 8th Street & Peachtree.
• Hudson Moore Residence, 2610 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, Georgia. (The house faced Peachtree Way in Buckhead, property now occupied by Park Place Condominiums)
• Joseph K. Orr, 933 Peachtree Street, Atlanta Georgia (home stood on the SE corner of Peachtree & 14th Street)
• Edward T. Brown Residence 968 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia Walter T. Downing (home was directly across the street from Colony Square Tower #2)
• Wilmer L. Moore Residence 964 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia. (home stood on NW corner of Peachtree & 14th Street, adjacent to Edward T. Brown home)
• Hugh Richardson Residence, 400 West Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia. (home stood on NW corner of West Peachtree & 5th Street, directly across from Biltmore Hotel)
• Packard Garage, 541 Peachtree Street, NE corner of Peachtree Street & North Avenue.
• Edwin Rembert Dubose Residence, 1695 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, Georgia, Architects Smith & Downing. The home still stands near the intersection of Peachtree Road & Collier Road (behind a commercial building in the original location now known as 1919 Peachtree Road)
• Charles E. Boynton Residence, 272 Rawson Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia
• Chattanooga Golf and Country Club (building, not the course)

References

1. "W.T. Downing (1865-1918)". New Georgia Encyclopedia.
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
3. Craig, Robert Michael (2012-01-01). The Architecture of Francis Palmer Smith, Atlanta's Scholar-architect. University of Georgia Press. ISBN   9780820328980.
4. "Lupton Hall, Oglethorpe University | New Georgia Encyclopedia". www.georgiaencyclopedia.org. Retrieved 2016-04-11.

External links

• W. T. Downing: 1865-1918. New Georgia Encyclopedia