Henry R. Durand

Who is Henry R. Durand?

Henry R. Durand was an Atlanta was president and general manager of the H. R. Durand Restaurant Company., which ran the then-famous Durand's restaurant at Atlanta's Union Station. In 1919, he was also a director of the Atlanta National Bank.

In 1895, his residence was at 195 Crew Street in the Washington-Rawson neighborhood, wealthy at the turn of the 20th century, but which quickly declined and in the 1950s was razed to make way for the I-20/Downtown Connector interchange.