Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ARMAGH, ARMAGH, MASONIC HALL

Name: MCCURDY, JOHN
Building: CO. ARMAGH, ARMAGH, MASONIC HALL
Date: 1854
Nature: JMcC presents 'gratuitous' set of plans for new hall and also subscribes to erection of same..
Refs: B 10, 23 Oct 1852, 677; 11, 2 Jul 1853, 424; 12, 18 Feb 1854, 89;  Armagh Guardian, 13 May 1853.

Name: FULLERTON, JOHN HENRY
Building: CO. ARMAGH, ARMAGH, MASONIC HALL
Date: 1884
Nature: New hall in Early Gothic style. Cost £1,400. 'The principal gable faces The Mall, next to the First Presbyterian Church, and is flanked on one side by a tower and spire, and on the other by a circular-ended staircase with steep conical roof. The largest lodge room is 40 feet by 20. Full accommodation is provided for the four lodges (39, 299) 400 and 623)' (Bassett) .
Refs: IB 26, 1 Apr 1884, 95; Bassett's Guide to Co. Armagh (1888), 110; William Fullerton, Architectural Examples in Brick, Stone, Wood and Iron (3rd edn. [1914]), Pls.44,57?,212; R. McKinstry, R. Oram, R. Weatherup, P. Wilson, The Buildings of Armagh (UAHS, 1992),144;  Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013),118,Pl.85.