Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ABBEY STREET LOWER, NO. 012 (METROPOLITAN CHRISTIAN UNION BUILDINGS)
Name: | JONES, ALFRED GRESHAM |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ABBEY STREET LOWER, NO. 012 (METROPOLITAN CHRISTIAN UNION BUILDINGS) |
Date: | 1878-79 |
Nature: | New premises. FS laid, 16 Oct 1877. Inaugurated, 24 Mar 1879, having been temporarily opened previous Nov, though unfinished. for Christian Convention. Large hall can hold over 4,000. Additional accommodation includes lecture room, class rooms, library, gym and bowling alley. Entrance front of red brick relieved with granite dressings and bands of granite and blue and white brick. Contractors: Gahan & Son, Harcourt St. |
Refs: |
IB 19, 15 Oct 1877, 310; Irish Times, 12 Nov 1878,25 Mar 1879. |