Pioneer Information
Founded in 1948 as a partnership between John Holloway, Ralph “Bernie” Reeves, Jr., and William Weber, this Raleigh, North Carolina-based architectural firm became known as Holloway-Reeves in 1951 when Weber left to start his own practice. Holloway, a Raleigh native, and Reeves, originally from Brunswick, Georgia, both graduated with architecture degrees from North Carolina State College (now North Carolina State University) in the 1940s. Three years Holloway’s senior, Reeves served as a captain in the U.S. army during World War II, returning to Raleigh to work for Cooper Haskins & Rice briefly before starting the firm.
Holloway-Reeves ultimately became one of the largest architectural practices in the state, designing hundreds of schools, churches, hospitals, banks, governmental facilities, residential properties, and cultural institutions. The firm held a longstanding partnership with famed architect Edward Durell Stone, collaborating on several prominent projects in Raleigh, including the Modernist North Carolina State Legislative Building (1962) and the Postmodernist North Carolina Museum of Art (1983). Holloway-Reeves worked extensively on campuses in the Research Triangle region, designing dormitories and academic and administrative buildings for North Carolina State University, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Though Reeves died in 1984 and Holloway retired in 1986, the firm continued to operate as Holloway-Reeves until 1990, when it was rebranded as H.R. Associates, PA.
