William McElwee (1842-1912)

1871 – City Portrait Room, Carlisle Rd., Derry

Architect: William McElwee

Building for Hugh Kerr, photographer – finished in polychrome brick with Dungiven sandstone dressings. “The materials used are Belfast red pressed bricks,

1875 – Glebe House, Burnfoot, Co. Donegal

Architect: William McElwee

Published in the Irish Builder, October 1 1875 as part of a small feature on buildings constructed as a result of the Glebe Loans Act.

1875 – Parsonage, Ardara, Co. Donegal

Architect: William McElwee

Published in the Irish Builder, October 1 1875 as part of a small feature on buildings constructed as a result of the Glebe Loans Act.

1875 – Vicarage, Randalstown, Co. Antrim

Architect: William McElwee

Published in The Irish Builder, June 1 1875. “The site is elevated and gives extensive views of the surrounding country,

1875 – Whitehouse, Carrigans, Co. Donegal

Architect: William McElwee

“We illustrate in present number a new residence erected for William J. Hanna, Esq. (late of Philadelphis,

1876 – Presbyterian Church, Donemana, Co. Tyrone

Architect: William McElwee

Still in use today, this is a fine Presbyterian chirch finished in local limestone on a slightly elevated site above streetlevel.

1876 – St. Mary’s Church, Broughderg, Co. Tyrone

Architect: William McElwee

Closed in the 1980s and replaced by a modern church nearby. Now semi-derelict. “This church us being built in a mountain district of the extensive parish of Lower Badmey,