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Category: Henri Jova

  • Carnegie Pavilion (1997) – Atlanta

    Henri Jova of Jova Busby Daniels. Carnegie Pavilion (1997). Hardy Ivy Park, Atlanta.1

    Atlanta is typically willy-nilly when it comes to the persistent destruction of its own history, but occasionally, some brave preservationists can snatch a few scraps from the rubble for posterity.

    Such was the case in 1977, when the city’s Carnegie Library, built in 1902, was demolished for the Central Library. However, a local architect, A. Burnham Cooper, convinced the city to save the building’s marble facade, carefully dismantling and numbering the pieces before they were dumped at the Old Atlanta Prison Farm.2

    Ackerman & Ross with J.H. Dinwiddie and Bleckley & Tyler.3 4 5 Carnegie Library (1902, demolished 1977). Atlanta. Illustration from an undated postcard published by the Albertype Co.

    In the lead-up to the 1996 Olympics, when Atlanta was desperately trying to sell itself as a city with a legitimate cultural legacy — failing quite spectacularly, I might add — the idea was hatched to dust off the old library columns to form a centerpiece for Downtown’s new Hardy Ivy Park.6

    South elevation of Carnegie Pavilion

    Tapped for the project was Henri Jova, one of Atlanta’s better 20th-century architects, who designed this fine Postmodern structure from the 8 bays of the historic building’s Beaux-Arts facade.

    The project wasn’t completed in time for the Olympics,7 but instead debuted the following spring,8 and today it stands as one of the few distinctive public monuments in the city.

    East elevation ofCarnegie Pavilion
    North elevation of Carnegie Pavilion
    West elevation of Carnegie Pavilion
    South elevation of Carnegie Pavilion
    Frieze on the south elevation of Carnegie Pavilion
    Frieze on the west elevation of Carnegie Pavilion
    Floor of Carnegie Pavilion

    References

    1. “Carnegie Pavilion dedicated”. The Atlanta Journal, April 10, 1997, p. B6. ↩︎
    2. Fox, Catherine. “Building on History”. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 26, 1996, p. E1. ↩︎
    3. “Carnegie Library Commission Awarded To Ackerman & Ross”. The Atlanta Constitution, December 23, 1899, p. 1. ↩︎
    4. “Will Begin Work Next Week”. The Atlanta Constitution, May 8, 1900, p. 12. ↩︎
    5. “Local Talent Is Secured”. The Atlanta Constitution, February 22, 1902, p. 7. ↩︎
    6. ibid. ↩︎
    7. Campbell, Colin. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 3, 1996, p. B1. ↩︎
    8. “Carnegie Pavilion dedicated”. The Atlanta Journal, April 10, 1997, p. B6. ↩︎

  • Trust Company of Georgia Northeast Freeway Office (1962) – Atlanta

    Henri Jova of Abreu & Robinson. Trust Company of Georgia Northeast Freeway Office (1962). Atlanta.1 2

    References

    1. “Bank Board OK’s New Branch Unit”. The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution, February 19, 1961, p. 46. ↩︎
    2. Eldredge, Richard L. “Back to the future”. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 27, 2005, p. 1E. ↩︎