{"nrhp_refnum":"74000678","name":"Rhodes Memorial Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1516 Peachtree St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.79592370700004,"lon":-84.38820481899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-03-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Rhodes Memorial Hall is a granite Romanesque Revival mansion at 1516 Peachtree Street in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, completed in 1905 as the home of furniture merchant Amos Giles Rhodes. Willis F. Denny was the architect.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of the finest extant examples of Victorian Romanesque Revival architecture in Georgia. Residential use of Romanesque design was unusual, since the style was generally used for churches or commercial buildings. It was also chosen by the Atlanta Civic Design Commission as one of the city's most outstanding buildings, and it reflects the personal vision of Rhodes, who modeled it on Rhine castles.","narrative":"Rhodes Memorial Hall is a castle-like mansion at 1516 Peachtree Street in Atlanta, built in 1905 for furniture merchant Amos Giles Rhodes. Architect Willis F. Denny designed it in Romanesque Revival style, using rusticated Stone Mountain granite, a six-story square tower, turrets and a castellated portico. Rhodes had admired Bavarian castles on a European trip and wanted a composite of those along the Rhine. Inside, the main rooms have parquet oak floors, painted arched panels with distinct themes, carved mantels and original furnishings. The nomination describes it as one of Georgia's finest Victorian Romanesque Revival buildings and a rare residential use of a style usually applied to churches and commercial buildings. Rhodes's family gave the house to the state in 1929, and it has served the Department of Archives and History and as a meeting place for historical groups. Planned changes to nearby streets and traffic made protection of its setting a concern.","period_of_significance":"1905","architect_builder":"Willis F. (Franklin) Denny, architect","architectural_style":"Victorian Romanesque Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in good condition and somewhat altered; owned by the State of Georgia, used by the Department of Archives and History and as a meeting place for historical and patriotic organizations.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.710392-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/74000678.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74000678/7a7f3025cb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74000678/7a7f3025cb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JJonahJackalope","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhodes_Hall_2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JJonahJackalope</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhodes_Hall_2.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208314","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7321015"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/rhodes-memorial-hall-74000678/"}