Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DERRY, PORTSTEWART, TOWN HALL

Name: COWSER, BENJAMIN
Building: CO. DERRY, PORTSTEWART, TOWN HALL
Date: 1933
Nature: New municpal buldings on Crescent site. BC winner of competition.  Tenders for erecting same invited by Portstewart Urban Council, Nov 1933.  Tender of F.E. McKee, Shore Road, Belfast (£6,545) accepted, Dec 1933.
Refs: IB 75, 1 Jul,18 Nov 1933, 542(illus.),537,1000; 77, 18 May 1935, 400; 78, 22 Aug 1936, 732;  Irish Times, 16 Nov,7 Dec1933;  UAHS Coleraine & Portstewart, 32(illus.),33; Marie A. McHugh, 'The Quiet Man: the life and works of Benjamin Cowser, a dissertation submitted to Queen's University of Belfast, Department of Architecture, 30 Apr 1990, for the Diploma in Advanced Architectural Studies, 18-20, Figs. 9-14,54

Name: SMYTH, VALENTINE
Building: CO. DERRY, PORTSTEWART, TOWN HALL
Date: 1933
Nature: Placed second in competition.
Refs: IB 75, 1 Jul,18 Nov 1933, 542,537

Name: MACGEAGH, JOHN
Building: CO. DERRY, PORTSTEWART, TOWN HALL
Date: 1933
Nature: Placed third in competition.
Refs: IB 75, 1 Jul,18 Nov 1933, 542,537