Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, YORK STREET, BELFAST CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY (ORPHEUS BUILDING)

Name: STEVENSON, SAMUEL
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, YORK STREET, BELFAST CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY (ORPHEUS BUILDING)
Date: 1909-11;1913-14;1916-1922
Nature: New 4-storey headquarters with tower; faced in Ruabon brick with Mount Charles stone dressings and costing £6,000 on site of Gallaher's tobacco factory, 'one of the finest and most valuable sites in the city'. Only half of design initially, begun 1909 and opened 22 Apr 1911. Consulting engineer: F.W. Parkinson. Contractor: Robert Corry, University St.. 2nd stage opened Dec 1914; 3rd stage opened, Nov 1922..
Refs: IB 51, 11,25 Dec 1909, 790,817; 52, 29 Oct 1910, 662(illus.); 53, 21 Jan,13 May 1911, 52,325; 55, 7 Jun 1913, 384; 64, 2 Dec 1922, 829; 74, 7 May 1932, 418; C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 72;  Joseph McBrinn, 'Belfast's forgotten Art-Deco', Perspective, May 2010, 87-88(illus.).