Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROYAL AVENUE, NO. 004 (ULSTER REFORM CLUB)  Street numbers may have changed due to re-numbering

Name: MCDONNELL, JOHN JOSEPH
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROYAL AVENUE, NO. 004 (ULSTER REFORM CLUB)
Date: 1883
Nature: Competition entrant.
Refs: IB 31, 1 Oct 1889, 245(illus.),251

Name: MAXWELL & TUKE #
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROYAL AVENUE, NO. 004 (ULSTER REFORM CLUB)
Date: 1883-5
Nature: M & T winners of competition. 3-storey red sandstone building with corner entrance with turret above. Work supervised by W.H. Lynn. Informally opened Jan 1885. Builder: James Henry. Cost: £12,000.
Refs: IB 25, 15 Jan 1883, 30; B 44, 15 Jan,9 Jun 1883, 27,793; 48, 10 Jan 1885, 89; Architect 31, 24 Jan 1885, 58; C.E.B. Brett, Buildings of Belfast (2nd ed., 1985), 61; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 49 (no. 107, illus.); Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 286.

Name: LYNN, WILLIAM HENRY
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ROYAL AVENUE, NO. 004 (ULSTER REFORM CLUB)
Date: 1883-85
Nature: WHL supervises erection of building by Maxwell & Tuke, Manchester.
Refs: Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 286