1927

1927 – 35 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois

Architect: Giaver Dinkelberg Thielbar and Fugard

Formerly known as Jewellers Building, Pure Oil Building and the North American Life Building,

1927 – Britannic House, Moorgate, London

Architect: Edwin Lutyens

Britannic House designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, which later became British Petroleum.

1927 – Dublin City Council Offices, Lord Edward Street, Dublin

Architect: McDonnell & Dixon

A modest office building used by Dublin City Council. Originally a much grander proposal was planned for this site,

1927 – Dublin Civic Week, O’Connell Bridge, Dublin

Dublin Civic Week was held over the 17th to the 25th of September 1927. As part of the event, an elaborate structure was built on the central median of O’Connell Bridge.

1927 – Former Bank of Montreal, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Kenneth Guscotte Rea

Fine little classical bank building nestled into a block of Portage Avenue. Now the offices of the Downtown Biz association,

1927 – Former Gorevan’s Department Store, Camden Street, Dublin

Architect: Rudolph Maximilian Butler

A fine concrete building with its structure clearly visible, this former Department Store was used as the headquarters of the Irish Nationwide Building Society for many years.

1927 – Former Hudson’s Bay Department Store, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Barott & Blackader

Founded in 1670, the Hudson’s Bay Company’s (HBC) chief interests for its first two centuries were the fur trade,

1927 – Garda Station, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

Architect: Board of Works

Combined Garda Station and house for the local Sargent. Probably built by the Board of Public Works between the 1830-50s,

1927 – Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, Los Angeles, California

Architect: Meyer & Holler

Built in 1927 by a partnership headed by Sid Grauman, the Chinese was intended to be the world’s greatest theatre.

1927 – Gresham Hotel, O’Connell Street, Dublin

Architect: Robert Atkinson

Rebuilt (1925-27) after the ravages of the Civil War, the Gresham Hotel is a Dublin landmark which originally opened in 1832.