George Harwell Bond Explained

George Harwell Bond (1891–1952) was an architect active in Atlanta, Georgia and worked at the firm of G. Lloyd Preacher.[1]

He designed the modernist[2] Briarcliff Plaza shopping center (1939) in the Poncey-Highland neighborhood, the Plaza Theatre, and Atlanta's first shopping center with off-street parking.

He also designed the Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church (1937) at "Jesus Junction" in Buckhead.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=pE4gAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22george%20harwell%20bond%22%20-plaza&pg=PA74 The Architectural Forum, vol. 34, p. 74
  2. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2592 Emerging Modernism Architecture: Overview"", New Georgia Encyclopedia
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=NEYiQhuyJR8C&pg=PA242 "AIA guide to the architecture of Atlanta", p.242