Engineer and architect, of Limerick. William Henshaw Owen, a son of JACOB OWEN JACOB OWEN was born in 1813 and, like his father, entered the service of the Board of Works. In January 1836 he was sent by the Board from Dublin to Limerick to act as its representative there and to be the Shannon Commissioners' resident engineer for the district. In Limerick he oversaw the building of Thomond Bridge (1836-1840) to designs by JAMES PAIN JAMES PAIN and GEORGE RICHARD PAIN GEORGE RICHARD PAIN , the Savings Bank (1839) in Glentworth Street to designs by THOMAS DEANE THOMAS DEANE and designed the Mathew Bridge (1844-46).
William Owen may have subsequently emigrated to the United States, as he died suddenly in San Francisco on 1 June, 1853. He had married Margaret O'Donohue.
Address: Thomas Street, Limerick, 1837; Mallow Street, Limerick, circa 1841.
See WORKS.
References
All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from Frederick O'Dwyer, The Architecture of Deane and Woodward (1997), 25-6,41-2,49,553,n.100.
Freeman's Journal, 4 Aug 1853.
Information from F. O'Dwyer (genealogical notes on the Owen family).
Samuel Lewis, A Topographical dictionary of Ireland (1837), list of subscribers.
New Triennial & Commercial Directory, for the years 1840, 41 & 42, of the cities of Limerick, Waterford & Kilkenny (information extracted from Limerick City directories by Michael Maguire, Limerick City Library).
8 work entries listed in chronological order for OWEN, WILLIAM HENSHAW
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CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, THOMOND BRIDGE |
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1836-1840 |
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W.H.O resident engineer for new bridge. |
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David Lee, 'James and George Pain - Gothic Architects' in David Lee & Christine Gonzalez, eds., Georgian Limerick 1714-1845, II (Limerick Civic Trust, 2000), 307-320(illus.)
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CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, GLENTWORTH STREET, SAVINGS BANK |
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1839 |
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W.H.Owen executive architect for building designed by Thomas Deane. (Limerick Chronicle, 6 Apr 1839, says that Owen was architect and Thomas Deane & Co. were contractors; this also seems to be implied by JA's letter to Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal.) |
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Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal 3 (Nov, 1840), 379; Judith Hill, The Building of Limerick(1991), 134; Frederick O'Dwyer, The Architecture of Deane and Woodward (1997), 23-25; David Lee & Debbie Jacobs, James Pain, architect (Limerick Civic Trust, 2005), 325
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CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, MERCHANT'S QUAY, POTATO MARKET |
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1843 |
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New market erected on site of Long Dock. Cost £1,200. Contractor: John Duggan. |
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Inscription on stone tablet near Mathew Bridge; Limerick Chronicle, 21 Jun,26 Jul 1843, cited by David Lee & Debbie Jacobs, James Pain, architect (Limerick Civic Trust, 2005), ?; M. Lenihan, Limerick; its history and antiquities (1866), 501
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CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, MATHEW BRIDGE |
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1844-46 |
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Designed by WHO. Opened Jun 1846. Contractor: John Duggan. |
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Sean Spellissy, The History of Limerick City (1998), 129
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CO. LIMERICK, TIVOLI |
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? |
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New house (also known as Woodville?). |
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North Munster Antiquarian Journal (1957), 1
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WALES, CAERLEON, ROMAN MUSEUM |
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? |
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'In Glentworth Street [Limerick] is the Savings Bank by W.H. Owen, in the form of a small Doric temple, identical to this architect's Roman Museum at Caerleon…' |
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Maurice Craig & the Knight of Glin, Ireland Observed (1970), 78
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