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MOORE, WILLIAM J.
- Born: 1873c Died: 1921
Architect, of Belfast. William J. Moore, who was born circa 1873, had set up an office in Ann Street, Belfast, by 1896. In about 1909 he formed a brief partnership with a person named Flanigan, probably his former pupil JOHN GERALD FLANIGAN , practising as MOORE & amp; FLANIGAN until 1911. In this year he and WILLIAM JOHN FENNELL were chosen to adjudicate in the Lanyon Competition.(1) In 1920 he was appointed to the position of architect under the new housing scheme by Armagh City Council.(2) He died at his home in Andersonstown in his forty-eighth year in 1921, survived by his wife and eight children. His pupils and assistants included John Gerald Flanigan, HUGH LAMONT and EDWIN RIDDELL KENNEDY.& #160; He was a subscriber to George Lister Sutcliffe, ed., The Principles and Practice of Modern House-Construction (London, 1898).
While developing a very varied architectural practice, Moore was also active in the affairs of Belfast Corporation. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the county borough of the city of Belfast in 1906(3) and elected one of the Councillors for Falls Ward in 1907. In 1910 he became an alderman, and he also served as vice-chairman of the Improvement Committee until 1919.
Society of Architects: member by 1900.(4)
Addresses: Work: Ann Street, Belfast, 1896-<=1898h;(5) Whitehall Buildings, Ann Street, <=1898->=1901;(6) Royal Chambers, 35 Royal Avenue, <=1904->=1917.(7)
Home: Maureen Cottage, Andersonstown, Belfast, at time of death.
See WORKS; see also works of MOORE & amp; FLANIGAN..
References
All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from the brief obituary of Moore in IB 63, 19 Nov 1921, 258. Another brief obituary is in Irish Times, 15 Nov 1921. His death is also noted in AJ 54, 7 Dec 1921, 699.
(1) IA & C 1, 18 Mar 1911, 112.
(2) IB 62, 17 Apr 1920, 273.
(3) Irish Times, 9 Jul 1906.
(4) IB 42, 1 Feb 1900, 256.
(5) IB 38, 15 Jun 1896, 133; 41, 15 Dec 1899, 213.
(6) IB 42, 1 Mar 1900, 293; 43, 15 Aug 1901, 831.
(7) IB 46, 13 Aug 1904, 506; 59, 31 Mar 1917, 162.
41 work entries listed in chronological order for MOORE, WILLIAM J.
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| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, PORTGLENONE, CEMETERY |
| Date: | 1896 |
| Nature: | Monument over grave of Very Rev. John Lynch, PP, VG, in graveyard. Celtic cross in Sicilian marble, supported by marble dais & 2 vases of polished limestone. Sculptor: John O'Neill, Belfast. |
| Refs: | IB 38, 15 Apr 1896, 90 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, LISBURN, BRIDGE STREET, LICENSED PREMISES |
| Date: | 1896 |
| Nature: | Rebuilding, for Mrs C. Pelan [Phelan?]. |
| Refs: | IB 38, 15 Jun 1896, 133 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MALONE ROAD, NO. 143 (ALTFORT) |
| Date: | 1897 |
| Nature: | 2-storey Italianate stuccoed house with columned porch, for Frank Kerr, solicitor. |
| Refs: | Information from W.J. Moore's grandson courtesy of J.K. Dean, Jan 2022; Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 109. |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, RODEN STREET, LICENSED PREMISES |
| Date: | 1899 |
| Nature: | Alts. & imps. to be made. |
| Refs: | IB 41, 15 Dec 1899, 213 |
| Building: | CO. ARMAGH, LURGAN, LICENSED PREMISES |
| Date: | 1900 |
| Nature: | Imps. & adds. Contractor: James Kidd. |
| Refs: | IB 42, 1 Feb 1900, 256 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, QUEEN'S SQUARE, BUSINESS PREMISES |
| Date: | 1900 |
| Nature: | Alts. Contractor: James Kidd. |
| Refs: | IB 42, 1 Feb 1900, 256 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, KNOCK, HOUSE |
| Date: | 1900 |
| Nature: | Detached villa residence. Contractor: James Kidd. |
| Refs: | IB 42, 1 Feb 1900, 256 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CHICHESTER STREET, CENTRAL FIRE BRIGADE STATION |
| Date: | 1900 |
| Nature: | Adds. Contractor: J. & W. Stewart. To cost £3,000. |
| Refs: | IB 42, 15 Aug,1 Sep 1900, 451,473 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CHICHESTER STREET, SHOPS, DWELLINGS & STABLING |
| Date: | 1900 |
| Nature: | To be erected in Chichester St and Cromac St. Tenders invited. for Mr M. Turley. |
| Refs: | IB 42, 1 Mar 1900, 293 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CROMAC STREET, SHOPS, DWELLINGS & STABLING |
| Date: | 1900 |
| Nature: | To be erected in Chichester St & Cromac St. for Michael Turley. |
| Refs: | IB 42, 1 Mar 1900, 293 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, EAST BRIDGE STREET, FLORAL BUILDINGS |
| Date: | 1901 |
| Nature: | Tenders received for extension of market, stabling &c. Contractor: J. & R. Thompson. To cost £7,000. |
| Refs: | IB 43, 15,29 Aug 1901, 831,844; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 142 |
| Building: | CO. DOWN, COMBER, HOUSE |
| Date: | 1904 |
| Nature: | Tenders invited for erection of villa residence. |
| Refs: | IB 46, 13 Aug 1904, 506 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CROMAC SQUARE, LENNON BROS. |
| Date: | 1904 |
| Nature: | New business premises for Lennon Bros., banana importers. 3 shops on ground floor. Stabling for 15 horses on 1st(?) floor. |
| Refs: | B 86, 16 Jan 1904, 64 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CLOWNEY STREET, HOUSES |
| Date: | 1905 |
| Nature: | Blocks of dwelling houses. |
| Refs: | IB 47, 22 Apr 1905, 258 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, YORK ROAD, BELFAST MINERAL WATER CO. |
| Date: | 1907-08;1914 |
| Nature: | Tenders invited for erection of completion of new factory, export packing stores & workers' dining hall, 1907. New stores, 1914. |
| Refs: | IB 49, 13 Jul 1907, 488; 51, 9 Jan 1909, 18; 56, 11 Apr 1914, 229 |
| Building: | CO. DOWN, BANGOR, CLIFTON ROAD, HOUSE |
| Date: | 1908 |
| Nature: | Tenders invited for erection of villa residence. |
| Refs: | IB 50, 28 Nov 1908, 739 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CORPORATION STREET, MCCONNELL |
| Date: | 1909 |
| Nature: | Rebuilding of Mssrs. McConnell's premises recently destroyed by fire. |
| Refs: | IB 51, 18 Sep 1909, 597 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HIGH STREET, D. MCCANN & SONS |
| Date: | 1911 |
| Nature: | Premises have undergone extensive alts. and adds. Shopfitter: John Andrews, Donegall St. Granite and marble work by James Coulter, York St. |
| Refs: | IB 53, 25 Nov 1911, 789 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HIGH STREET, CINEMA |
| Date: | 1911 |
| Nature: | Extensive premises of C. Millar & Co., house furnishers, being converted into cinema by Mr Alex Murdoch, Cullingree Rd. |
| Refs: | IB 53, 1 Apr 1911, 209 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, NORTH STREET, ALHAMBRA MUSIC HALL |
| Date: | 1912 |
| Nature: | Reconstruction with French Renaissance style frontage. Contractor: McLaughlin & Harvey. Reopened 16 Dec 1912. |
| Refs: | IB 54, 17 Aug,7 Dec 1912, 484,691(illus.) |
| Building: | CO. DOWN, BANGOR, HOUSE |
| Date: | 1913 |
| Nature: | New villa, for Mr S. Bradley. |
| Refs: | IB 55, 22 Nov 1913, 744 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRUMLIN ROAD (& WOODVALE ROAD), HOLY CROSS SCHOOL |
| Date: | 1913 |
| Nature: | New schools and lecture hall in connection with Church of the Holy Cross about to be erected. Contractor: Feeny & Hughes. To cost over £6,000. |
| Refs: | IB 53, 7 Jun,16 Aug 1913, 383,384,533 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, FALLS ROAD, NO. 140 (CLONARD PICTURE HOUSE) |
| Date: | 1913-14 |
| Nature: | New. Italianate. Contractor: Courtney & Co. (Now demolished.) |
| Refs: | IB 55, 2 Aug 1913, 502; 56, 3 Jan 1914, 17; C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 73, Pl. 71 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, CUSHENDALL, CHURCH OF ST MARY (RC) |
| Date: | 1913-14 |
| Nature: | New church to be built for Very Rev. J. McCartan, PP. Tenders invited Jan 1913. Contractor: Courtney & Co, Belfast. |
| Refs: | IB 55, 18 Jan,15 Feb 1913, 37,51,116; 63, 19 Nov 1921, 258; C.E.B. Brett, Glens of Antrim (UAHS, 1971), 37 (no. 28) |
| Building: | CO. DERRY, PORTSTEWART, CHURCH OF ST MARY STAR OF THE SEA (RC) |
| Date: | 1913-1916 |
| Nature: | Romanesque. Black basalt with yellow sandstone trim. Tenders invited Feb 1913. Cost: £6,000. Contractor: Thornbury Bros. |
| Refs: | IB 55, 15 Feb,1,29 Mar 1913, 116,148,196(illus.); Coleraine Chronicle, 15 Jul 1916; W.D. Girvan, Coleraine and Portstewart (UAHS, 1972), 33 (no. 84),34(illus.) |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRUMLIN ROAD, CINEMA |
| Date: | 1914 |
| Nature: | New. Opened 23 Mar 1914. Contractor: Charles Murdoch. |
| Refs: | IB 56, 3 Jan,11 Apr 1914, 17,229 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LIGONIEL, HOUSE |
| Date: | 1914 |
| Nature: | (?Tenders sought for) erection of new villa residence. |
| Refs: | IB 56, 14 Mar 1914, 168 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LITTLE DONEGALL STREET, GARAGE & STABLES |
| Date: | 1914 |
| Nature: | New. |
| Refs: | IB 56, 23 May 1914, 327; see Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 216 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRUMLIN ROAD, ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL |
| Date: | 1915 |
| Nature: | Further additions about to be carried out. |
| Refs: | IB 57, 3 Jul 1915, 306; Building News 109, 14 Jul 1915, 38 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CHICHESTER STREET, NO. 089 (ULSTER TAVERN) |
| Date: | 1915 |
| Nature: | Alts. to licensed premises known as The Mecca to form new Ulster Tavern. 1st storey faced with white faience, upper part brick, half-timbered gable, green Buttermere slates; 'adds new architectural feature to this thoroughfare'. For Mssrs. Breathwaite & McCann. Contractor: Courtney Bros. |
| Refs: | IB 57, 27 Mar 1915, 149; 58, 11 Mar 1916, 121; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 62 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MILLFIELD (& MILL STREET), LICENSED PREMISES |
| Date: | 1915 |
| Nature: | New. For Mssrs. J. & D. O'Hara. |
| Refs: | IB 57, 27 Feb 1915, 105 |
| Building: | CO. DOWN, BANGOR, BALLYHOLME, HOUSE |
| Date: | 1915 |
| Nature: | New 3-storey, 6 bedroomed house for Alderman John Tyrrell. Contract given to J.H. Savage, Ballymagee St, Bangor. |
| Refs: | IB 57, 3 Jul,28 Aug 1915, 306,385 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CASTLE LA (& CALLENDER STREET), THOMAS BRAND |
| Date: | 1915 |
| Nature: | New premises commenced. 2 storeys high, 2nd storey faced with Carrara. Elaborate shop front. Contractor: F.B. McKee, Midland Building Works. |
| Refs: | IB 57, 8 May,5 Jun,9 Oct 1915, 221,265,445 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ANN STREET, R.J. DENNISON & CO. |
| Date: | 1915 |
| Nature: | Tenders invited for alts. & imps. |
| Refs: | IB 57, 3 Jul 1915, 308 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CROMAC SQUARE (& VICTORIA STREET), P. & F. MCGLADE |
| Date: | 1916 |
| Nature: | Alts. to premises for P. & F. McGlade in connection with Corporation's street widening scheme. Contracto: H. & J. Martin. |
| Refs: | IB 58, 25 Mar 1916, 140 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CANNING STREET, CINEMA |
| Date: | 1916 |
| Nature: | 'progressing towards completion'. Contractor: Isaac Copeland, 21 Newington St. |
| Refs: | IB 58, 15 Jan 1916, 33 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CASTLE LANE, NORMAN & CO. |
| Date: | 1916 |
| Nature: | New premises just completed for Norman & Co. |
| Refs: | IB 58, 25 Mar 1916, 140 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, GLENARIFF, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK & ST BRIGID (RC) |
| Date: | 1916-17 |
| Nature: | New church in course of erection, short distance from site of old church which was completely destroyed by fire in summer of 1915. Builder: Thornbury Bros. |
| Refs: | IB 58, 5 Aug 1916, 361; 59, 20 Jan,31 Mar 1917, 39,162(illus.); 63, 19 Nov 1921, 258; Building News 111, 9 Aug 1916, 139; 112, 4 Apr 1917, 308; C.E.B. Brett, Glens of Antrim (UAHS, 1971), 28 (no. 4) |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, RED BAY, CHURCH OF SS PATRICK & BRIGID (RC) |
| Date: | 1916-17 |
| Nature: | New church to replace church of St Killian, accidentally destroyed by fire. Simple small church with modest belfry and round-headed windows. Tenders invited Jul 1916. |
| Refs: | B 111, 28 Jul 1916, 60; James O’Laverty, An historical account of the Diocese of Down and Connor, Ancient and Modern (1878), IV, 555; C.E.B. Brett, Historic Buildings…in the Glens of Antrim (UAHS, 1971), 28, no. 5 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MALONE ROAD, NO. 066 & 68 |
| Date: | 1920 |
| Nature: | 'attractive pair of semi-detached houses with quaint Arts and Crafts porches'. |
| Refs: | Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 118 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, O'DEMPSEY STREET (& MINERAL STREET), FACTORY |
| Date: | ? |
| Nature: | Contractor: W. & C. McQuoid, Roden St. |
| Refs: | Undated ref. to IB in Jones file. |