Albert E. Thornton House

The Albert E. Thornton House in Atlanta, Georgia was built in 1938. It was designed by architect Philip T. Shutze. The house is asserted to be a "superb example of the Regency Revival style in Atlanta".

Albert E. Thornton House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	205 W. Paces Ferry Rd., Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates	33°50′41″N 84°23′27″W
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	1936
Architect	Philip T. Shutze
Architectural style	Regency Revival
MPS	West Paces Ferry Road MRA
NRHP reference No.	80004458[1]
Added to NRHP	December 8, 1980

It is a five-bay central block building with one-story wings. Its Regency features include its apsodial entrance, its use of an elliptical window and an "eye-lid" dormer, and its stucco building material.[2]

Shutze was once regarded as "the nation's foremost living classical architect". He and his firm designed seven of the mansions on Atlanta's West Paces Ferry Road. His landscape design for the "Swan House", another of the mansions, was important to the overall success of that home's English Renaissance Revival architecture.[3] The landscaping of the Thornton House is likewise important in its success.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Historic Resources of the West Paces Ferry Road Neighborhood: Albert E. Thornton House". National Park Service. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
3. Spencer Tunnell (February 29, 1980). "Historic Resources of West Paces Ferry Road MRA".