1900

1900 – No.65 Grafton Street, Dublin

Originally the Alliance and Gas Companies Showrooms, later the Dublin Gas Company. Later still it was part of the Woolworths store next door.

1900 – Murray & Son’s Tobacco, Belfast

Architect: Graeme Watt & Tulloch

The former Murray, Sons and Company administration building at Whitehall Tobacco Works. There was a much later factory extension which backed onto the railwayline and Great Victoria Street Station.

1900 – Arnott & Co., Bridge St., Belfast

Architect: J.J. Phillips & Son

Department store constructed between 1897-1900, on the corner of Bridge and High Street. The store was originally designed by Thomas Jackson and built 1857 – 1858,

1900 – Palace Chambers, Royal Avenue, Belfast

Architect: John J. McDonnell

Three storey brick and stucco building turning the corner into North Street. Demolished in 1928 and replaced by the art deco Bank of Ireland.

1900 – Alexandra Nurses’ Home, Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare

Architect: Richard Randall

Randall was a Surveyor in the War Department, and stationed at the Curragh Camp from around 1885 until his retirement in 1899.

1900 – Mater Infirmorum Hospital, Crumlin Rd., Belfast

Architect: William J. Fennell

The Mater Infirmorum (Mother of the Sick) Hospital was founded by the Sisters of Mercy but has always treated patients without regard to class or creed.

1900 – Post Office, Armagh, Co. Armagh

Architect: Robert Cochrane

Cochrane designed many small to medium sized post offices around Ireland. Demolished and replaced in the early 1970s.

1900 – Second Premiated Design for Presbyterian Assembly, Belfast

Architect: Walter Hanstock

Second placed design in competition to design new assembly building for the Presbyterian church. A legend in Irish architectural competitions,

1900 – The Fountain, Clones, Co. Monaghan

Memorial fountain to Queen Victoria, manufactured by a Glaswegian firm, Walter McFarland & Co., in the hundreds for locations throughout the British Empire.

1900 – Water Tower, Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare