1926 – Mitchell’s Hotel, Nos 9-11 Grafton St., Dublin
Architect: W.M. Mitchell & Sons
Constructed as a new hotel in the mid 1920s,
Constructed as a new hotel in the mid 1920s,
Rebuilt in 1926 by an unknown architect after the Edinburgh Life Insurance Company was destroyed in 1922.
Originally opened as a boarding house in 1845 by Phoebe Wynn.
A modest office building used by Dublin City Council.
Dublin Civic Week was held over the 17th to the 25th of September 1927.
A fine concrete building with its structure clearly visible,
Rebuilt (1925-27) after the ravages of the Civil War,
A large canopy over the entrance signaled the Plaza,
A prominent corner four-storey commercial building,
The former headquarters of the Dublin Gas Company (built in 1928) has two facades with two different architectural styles.