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New building with octagonal tower and octagonal turrets. Contains gymnasium, hall, café, reading room, &c.. FS laid 27 Aug 1895. Completed Spring, 1897. Builder: William McCammond & Son. Adds., including enlargement of large hall, kitchen and retiring rooms (also shop and warehouse), 1899. Contr: McLaughlin & Harvey. (Demolished.)
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B 49, 31 Aug 1895, 157; IB 37, 1 Sep 1895, 208,211; 41, 1 Dec 1899, 199; 42, 1 Feb 1900, 256; Building News 71, 9 Nov 1896, 522; Paul Harron, Architects of Ulster: Young & Mackenzie, a transformational provincial practice 1850-1960 (Ulster Architectural Heritage Society, 2016), 16(illus.),129(illus.),348.
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