1848 – Great Victoria Street Railway Station, Belfast
Architect: John Godwin
The Ulster Railway opened Belfast’s first railway terminus in 1839, and as such was called just “Belfast”
Great Victoria Street Belfast
Named after Queen Victoria. Previously the street was known as Cow lane, Forest lane and Weighhouse lane.
1852 – Northern Bank, Head Office, Victoria Street, Belfast
Architect: Sir Charles Lanyon
Built as head office for the Northern Banking Co., and opened in summer of 1862,
1864 – Scottish Amicable Life Insurance Buildings, Victoria Street, Belfast
Architect: Thomas Jackson
Unlike many buildings of this era in Belfast, this is still standing today although much altered inside.
1870 – Belfast Town Hall, Co. Antrim
Architect: Anthony Thomas Jackson
From The Builder, April 9, 1870: “The works for the new municipal buildings Belfast Ireland are being energetically forward;
1883 – Grattan & Co., Great Victoria St., Belfast
Architect: Young & Mackenzie
A new premises for “Grattan’s Aerated Water Manufactory”. Published in The Irish Builder, October 1,
1895 – Grand Opera House, Belfast
Architect: Frank Matcham
Built between 1894-5 and damaged by bombs during the troubles and then restored, the Grand Opera House is a Belfast landmark with its ebullient and eclectic exterior.
1898 – The Crown Liquor Saloon, Belfast
Architects: E. & J. Byrne
The Crown Liquor Saloon in Great Victoria Street, Belfast is one of Victorian gin palaces which once flourished in the industrial cities of Britain.
1907 – Royal Hippodrome Theatre, Belfast
Architect: Bertie Crewe
The Royal Hippodrome Theatre was constructed beside the Grand Opera House in 1908-07. Renovated in the 1960s as a Odeon cinema when it lost much of its original architectural detail.
2010 – Aurora Building, Belfast
Architects: HKR Architects
The Aurora building was a proposed construction project that with its height of 109 metres, would have been the tallest building in Ireland.
