James Joseph was born in Atlanta, Georgia back in 1858 to Irish immigrants Thomas and Margaret. He began his first job as a clerk for a local dry goods merchant when he was fourteen. By 1885, he had started an emporium in downtown Atlanta with his brother Charles. In 1889, he partnered with Amos G. Rhodes to start a law firm.
The firm dissolved in 1908, so he turned his attention to another field of endeavor, which of course is the rest of the story. He has been called the first “important collector of works of art” in Atlanta especially for American Impressionist and Realist paintings. During the 1920’s he was a major supporter of New York’s Grand Central Art Galleries. He died in 1939, he was 80.
What you may not know about James Joseph Haverty is that other endeavor was into furniture making. He opened Haverty Furniture Company in 1909, it is one of the top furniture retailer in the south and central United States with 121 locations.
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