HERON, SAMUEL MAYNE REID

Architect, of Dromore, Co. Down, and Belfast. Samuel Heron was, like JAMES HERON [1] JAMES HERON [1] , one of the four children of the Reverend James Heron, a professor in the Assembly's College, Belfast. He was born in 1872 in Newtown, near Rostrevor, Co. Down, and educated at the Belfast Royal Academical Institution. In 1904 he entered into partnership with HENRY HOBART  HENRY HOBART to form the partnership known as HOBART & HOBART & amp; HERON HERON . He became the senior partner in the firm after Hobart's retirement in the mid-1920s. He himself retired from practice after the Second World War, returning to Rostrevor, where he farmed until his death in March 1957 at the age of eighty-five.

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All information in this entry is from Eugene T. Corbett, 'The Architecture of Henry Hobart and Samuel Heron' (unpublished dissertation for the Diploma in Advanced Architectural Studies, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), pp.1-5.

5 work entries listed in chronological order for HERON, SAMUEL MAYNE REID

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Building:	CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, VICTORIA STREET, TECHNICAL SCHOOL
Date:	1910-11
Nature:	H & H winners of competition for same, in which 100 designs were received; 'adapted Renaissance style'. Opened 19 Sep 1911. Builder: McIntyre Bros. Tender: £3,600.
Refs:	IB 52, 16 Apr,15 Oct 1910, 253,644; 53, 30 Sep 1911, 662; Eugene T. Corbett, 'The Architecture of Henry Hobart and Samuel Heron' (unpublished dissertation for the Diploma in Advanced Architectural Studies, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), p.28-29,61, fig. 10

Building:	CO. DERRY, MAGHERAFELT, TECHNICAL SCHOOL
Date:	1912-14
Nature:	New, for Magherafelt RDC. Opened 9 Jan 1914. Builder: John Elliott, Belfast. Estimated cost: £2,200.
Refs:	IB 54, 27 Apr,25 May 1912, 258,321; 56, 17 Jan 1914, 48; B 102, 17 May 1912, 587; Eugene T. Corbett, 'The Architecture of Henry Hobart and Samuel Heron' (unpublished dissertation for the Diploma in Advanced Architectural Studies, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), p.30,63, fig.11

Building:	CO. ANTRIM, LARNE, VICTORIA ROAD, GARDENMORE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Date:	1912-15
Nature:	Gothic church on new site. Tenders invited Summer 1912. FS laid Oct 1913. Builder: James Ferris. £7,000. Opened 4 Jul 1915.
Refs:	IB 54, 22 Jun,17,31 Aug 1912, 380,484,509,510; IB 55, 1 Mar 1913, 148; 57, 17 Jul 1915, 326; Eugene T. Corbett, 'The Architecture of Henry Hobart and Samuel Heron' (unpublished dissertation for the Diploma in Advanced Architectural Studies, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), pp.42-46,64, figs.8,90-94;  Laurence Kirkpatrick, Presbyterians in Ireland: an illustrated history (Booklink, 2006), 177(illus.).

Building:	CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MALONE ROAD, NO. 163 (MCCRACKEN MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH)
Date:	1932-33
Nature:	New church. Ballycullen stone and Portland stone. In progress Jul 1933. Cost: £14,000. Builder: Thomas McKee & Sons, Imperial Dr., Belfast. Opened, 1 Dec 1934.
Refs:	Drawings, signed by Heron, in Belfast City Hall Archives; IB 74, 27 Aug,19 Nov 1932, 780,1052; 75, 8 Apr,1 Jul 1933, 292,566; Eugene T. Corbett, 'The Architecture of Henry Hobart and Samuel Heron' (unpublished dissertation for the Diploma in Advanced Architectural Studies, Queen's University, Belfast, 1990), pp.46-48,70, figs.9,95-97;  Laurence Kirkpatrick, Presbyterians in Ireland: an illustrated history (Booklink, 2006), 158 (illus.).

Building:	CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MALONE ROAD, NO. 163 (MCCRACKEN MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH)
Date:	1932-33
Nature:	FS laid 23 Jun 1933; opened 1 Dec 1934. Builder: Thomas McKee & Sons.
Refs:	Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 110-111