John Robert Dillon Explained

John Robert Dillon (died 1948)^[1] was an architect active in Atlanta, Georgia. He became associated with the Bruce and Morgan firm in 1903, which became Morgan and Dillon in 1904.^[2] A graduate of Northwestern School of Architecture, he was named a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects in 1948.

His works include:

• Early County Courthouse (1904–05)
• Georgia Railway and Power Building (1904-7)
• Healey Building (1913)
• Masonic Temple (Atlanta)
• Municipal Auditorium (Atlanta, Georgia), now the GSU Alumni Hall
• All Saints' Episcopal Church (Atlanta)
• Oglethorpe University - some buildings
• University of Chicago - some buildings
• Grant Estate. Now Cherokee Town Club
• Lena Swift Huntley Residence (wife of Charles Thomas Swift)^[3]
• Retail Credit Company Building^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=s30PNtDhBD4C&dq=john+robert+dillon+atlanta&pg=PA146 Atlanta and environs: a chronicle of its people and events : years of change By Harold H. Martin, Franklin Miller Garrett
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=Dbi6NUWMzAAC&dq=john+robert+dillon+atlanta&pg=PA144 Atlanta Architecture: Art deco to modern classic, 1929-1959 By Robert Michael Craig
3. Web site: Kenan Research Center . 11 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141016094321/http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/store/Products/79787-lena-swift-huntley-residence.aspx . 16 October 2014 .
4. Web site: Kenan Research Center . 11 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150310154030/http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/store/Products/79491-retail-credit-company-building.aspx . 10 March 2015 .