Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PORTLAND ROW, ST JOSEPH'S HOME

Name: ROBINSON, JOHN LOFTUS
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PORTLAND ROW, ST JOSEPH'S HOME
Date: 1889
Nature: FS of 'St Joseph's Asylum for Aged and Virtuous Females' laid 19 May 1889 by Dr Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin. Contractor: P.S. Larkin.
Refs: Transcript of text on ceremonial trowel used at laying FS in Jones file

Name: ASHLIN & COLEMAN
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PORTLAND ROW, ST JOSEPH'S HOME
Date: 1908;1909-11
Nature: Large building additions & extensions to chapel; FS laid 21 Nov 1909. For Poor Sisters of the Mother of God.  Contractors: William Conolly & Son
Refs: Undated drawings (c.30 including plans, sections, elevations) for adds. in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman Collections, 76/1.193 and 2001/98; notes and sketches in Coleman sketchbook B60 in possession of Jones & Kelly, architects (photocopy in IAA, RPB 30); inscription on trowel used in foundation ceremony; IB 50, 8 Feb 1908, 85; 51, 27 Nov,25 Dec 1909, 755,818; 53, 7 Jan 1911, 20;  Freeman's Journal, 22 Nov 1909;  Irish Times, 22 Nov 1909.

Name: ASHLIN & COLEMAN
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PORTLAND ROW, ST JOSEPH'S HOME
Date: 1938;1950
Nature: New chapel and infirmary; additions
Refs: IB 80, 5 Feb 1938, 113