1870 – Masonic Hall, Arthur Square, Belfast
Recently renovated,
Recently renovated,
This area of Belfast underwent rapid expansion during the middle to late 19th century –
Erected in the early 1870s,
Now part of the Merchant Hotel along with the former Ulster Bank headquarters next to it.
“The villa which is the subject of our illustration in this number,
“The foundation-stone of the Belfast Working Men’s Institute and Temperance Hall was laid on Saturday on the site selected at the corner of Queen-street and Castle-street.
On the corner of Glenravel and Clifton Streets in Belfast, and constructed as a Eye,
Designs for carved stone pilasters, Baelfast, as published in The Builder,
Standing beside the derelict former Children’s Hospital,
“In no locality within the northern capital are architectural improvements more markedly observable than in Donegall Place.