Background
His father-in-law was Major Asbury Fletcher Moreland, who lived on what is now Moreland Avenue and after whom the avenue was named.
His father-in-law was Major Asbury Fletcher Moreland, who lived on what is now Moreland Avenue and after whom the avenue was named.
He was the architect of Rhodes Hall (1903) and the Kriegshaber House (1900, now Wrecking Ball Brewpub), both listed on the National Register, as well as the demolished Piedmont Hotel (1903). Works include (with variations in attribution):
Piedmont Hotel (1903), demolished. One or more works in Conyers Residential Historic District, Northwest of the central business district, roughly along Main Saint, Milstead Avenue., and Railroad Saint, Conyers, Georgia (Denny,Willis F), NRHP-listed
First Baptist Church of Augusta, Greene and 8th Saints, Augusta, Georgia (Denny,Willis Franklin), NRHP-listed
One or more works in Inman Park-Moreland Historic District, roughly bounded by North. Highland, Seminole and Euclid, DeKalb, and Degress and Nashita Aves., Atlanta, Georgia (Denny,Wallis F), NRHP-listed
Jefferson County Courthouse, Courthouse Square, Louisville, Georgia (Denny,WF), NRHP-listed
Victor H. Kriegshaber House, 292 Moreland Avenue., North-East, Atlanta, Georgia (Denny,Willis F), NRHP-listed
Louisville Commercial Historic District, area surrounding Broad Saint between Peachtree and Screven Saints, including parts of Walnut, Mulberry and Green Saints, Louisville, Georgia (Denny, Willis F), NRHP-listed
Rhodes Memorial Hall, 1516 Peachtree Saint, Atlanta, Georgia (Denny,Willis F), NRHP-listed
Saint Mark Methodist Church, 781 Peachtree Saint, Atlanta, Georgia (Denny,Willis F), NRHP-listed
Denny built his own home at what was 30 Moreland Avenue (according to the old street numbering system) in Moreland Park, now part of Inman Park, immediately north of the site of the Asbury Fletcher Moreland estate and two lots north of the Victor H. Kriegshaber House.
The home was razed in the 1940s, however two lion statues marked with the number "86" still stand at the current address of 326 Moreland Avenue.
