1870 – Masonic Hall, Arthur Square, Belfast
Recently renovated,
Recently renovated,
Part of a series of Presbyterian manses built across county Cavan in the 1870s.
This area of Belfast underwent rapid expansion during the middle to late 19th century –
Erected in the early 1870s,
Fine set of piers and gates flanked by matching gatehouses in an Italianate style.
Constructed as a townhall, with museum and public library,
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,