1810 – Mellon Homestead, Omagh, Co. Tyrone
The centre piece of the Ulster-American Folk Park is the Mellon Homestead which is still on its original site.
The centre piece of the Ulster-American Folk Park is the Mellon Homestead which is still on its original site.
Described by Alaistar Rowan as “a large multi-gabled and aggressively picturesqe villa with decorative bargeboards,
Constructed by the Irish North Western Railway in 1862-63,
Designed by architect Fitzgibbon Louch,
Competition entry for a new area hospital for Omagh. Submitted under the pseudonym “Modern Requirements”.
English sculptor Sydney March created the sculpted figures of Death,
An obelisk of hammered granite with dressed angles standing on a base reached by three steps.
In the 1960s it was decided that the courthouse was too cramped to accommodate both the local judicial system and the county council in the context of the county council’s increasing administrative responsibilities.
HLM Architects in conjunction with Northern Ireland Fire &