banks

1730s – La Touche Bank, Cork Hill, Dublin

Architect: Joseph Jarratt

The La Touches were a Huguenots family from the Loire, who fled to Holland on the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.

1770 – Tholsel, Drogheda, Co. Louth

Architect: George Darley / W.H. Byrne

Used for over one hundred years as a bank branch, the Tholsel is a stern and forbidding building in appearance.

1781 – Newcomen Bank, Lord Edward Street, Dublin

Architect: Thomas Ivory

Designed by the architect Thomas Ivory in 1781, the former Newcomen Bank is now in use as a Rates office.

1797 – First National Bank, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Architect: Samuel Blodgett

The First Bank of the United States, originally called the Bank of the United States, operated from 1797-1811,

1799 – Unbuilt Bank of Ireland HQ, Westmoreland Street, Dublin

Architect: John Soane

In 1799 Sir John Soane designed a bank headquarters for Bank of Ireland on a site bounded by College Street,

1803 – Bank of Ireland, College Green, Dublin

Architect: Edward Pearce, James Gandon, Robert Parke, Francis Johnston

This was the first purpose built Parliament House in the world and was constructed at a great time of public confidence in Dublin.

1811 – Former Central Bank, Foster Place, Dublin

Architect: Francis Johnston

The former Central Bank building is sited at the end of Foster Place. Until recently the Bank of Ireland Art Centre,

1824 – Bank of the United States, 15 Wall Street, New York

Architect: M.E. Thompson

Constructed as the New York branch for the former Bank of the United States, and was designed by Martin Euclid Thompson,

1826 – Bank of Ireland, Trevor Hill, Newry, Co. Down

Sometimes ascribed to Francis Johnston. Built as a bank in 1826, it was the first branch of the Bank of Ireland to be established in Ulster.

1829 – Belfast Savings’ Bank, Belfast, Co. Antrim

Architect: William Smith

Bank constructed around 1829 for the Belfast Savings Bank Co. Demolished 1941.