Walter T. Downing letter and travel article, 1895, undated.

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Walter T. Downing letter and travel article, 1895, undated.

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This collection contains two textual items related to the design of the Fine Arts Building for the Cotton States and International Exposition of 1895. The first is a two-page letter from Horace Bradley, head of the Fine Arts Department at the 1895 Cotton States Exposition, to Walter T. Downing praising his design work on the Fine Arts Building. The second item is a page from a monthly society and travel newspaper, The Chicago 400, with a picture of the Fine Arts Building designed by Downing.

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Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8179862

Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library

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Cotton States Exposition 1895 Atlanta, Ga.

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Downing, W. T. (Walter Thomas), 1865-1918.

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Walter T. Downing (1865-1918) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and moved to Atlanta, Georgia, with his mother in 1876. He worked as a draftsman for Hannibal I. Kimball from 1884-1885 and then as an apprentice at the architectural firm, L. B. Wheeler and Company. Downing formed the firm W. T. Downing, Architect, in 1890. He won the design award for the Fine Arts Building for the Cotton States and International Exposition of 1895. He was responsible for designing several of Atlanta's oldest exta...

Piedmont Driving Club (Atlanta, Ga.)

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Bradley, Horace, 1862-1896.

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