Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROYAL AVENUE, CENTRAL LIBRARY

Name: MAXWELL & TUKE #
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROYAL AVENUE, CENTRAL LIBRARY
Date: 1883
Nature: M & T win second premium (£50) in competition.
Refs: B 45, ? ? 1883, 367; 46, ??,??, 236,238

Name: JOHNSTON, - [2] #
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROYAL AVENUE, CENTRAL LIBRARY
Date: 1883
Nature: Winner of 3rd premium (£25) in competition.
Refs: B 45, ? ? 1883, 367; 46, ??,??, 236,238

Name: RICHARDS, THOMAS ROBERT #
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROYAL AVENUE, CENTRAL LIBRARY
Date: 1883
Nature: Competition entrant.
Refs: Design exh. RA 1884, no. 1243;  Architect 32, 13 Dec 1884, 389(illus.).

Name: MCDONNELL, LAURENCE ALOYSIUS
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROYAL AVENUE, CENTRAL LIBRARY
Date: 1883
Nature: Competition entrant.
Refs: IB 25, 15 Oct 1883, 316,322(illus.)

Name: DEANE, THOMAS NEWENHAM, & SON
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROYAL AVENUE, CENTRAL LIBRARY
Date: 1883
Nature: Competition entrants. Unpremiated.
Refs: B 46, 16 Feb 1884, 246(illus.)

Name: LYNN, WILLIAM HENRY
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROYAL AVENUE, CENTRAL LIBRARY
Date: 1883-88
Nature: WHL winner of 1st premium (£100) in competition in which 56 entries were submitted. Classical, in Dumfries red sandstone. Inaugurated Oct 1888. Contractor: Martin. Plastering: James Caird, Glasgow. (Damaged by bombs, 1941. Reconstruction undertaken, 1956.)
Refs: PRONI, W.H. Stephens & Sons papers, D1898/1/1-2; B 45, ? ? 1883, 367; 46, ??,??, 236,238;  Building News 45, 16 Nov 1883, 768(illus.);  IB 28, 1 Feb 1886, 43-44; 30, 15 Jan,15 Jun,15 Oct 1888, 16,159(illus.),256; 98, 28 Jan 1956, 61; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 49 (no. 109, illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 256(illus.),289.