City Hall, Cork
| City Hall | |
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County Cork | |
|---|---|
 Cork City Hall, from Lapp's Quay | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | W68017172 |
| Location: | 51°53’50"N, 8°27’55"W |
| City: | Cork |
| History | |
| Address: | Albert Quay |
| Built 1932 - 1936 | |
| By: | Alfred Jones & Stephen Kelly |
| Information | |
| Owned by: | Cork City Council |
The City Hall is a civic building in the City of Cork, the major town of County Cork, and which houses the administrative headquarters of Cork City Council. It also includes a concert hall.
This is a building of the 1930s, begun in 1932, as the original Cork City Hall was destroyed on 11 December 1920 in the "Burning of Cork"; an unauthorised reprisal carried out by members of a British auxiliary unit during the Irish rebellion.[1]
Following a design competition, designs by Alfred Jones and Stephen Kelly (Jones and Kelly architects, based in Dublin) were selected, and the construction contract for the replacement civic buildings awarded to John Sisk & Son.[2][3] The foundation stone of the new City Hall building was laid by Éamon de Valera on 9 July 1932. The cost of this new building was provided by the British Government in the 1930s as a gesture of reconciliation.[4] On 24 April 1935, Cork Corporation held a meeting in the new hall for the first time. The City Hall was officially opened by de Valera on 8 September 1936.[5]
The structure's entry in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage describes it as one of the city's "monumental classical buildings" and its site as important.[6]
The building is faced with dressed limestone quarried in Little Island.
A major extension was completed by ABK Architects in 2007 and opened that year.[7]
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References
- ↑ "Cork City Library – History of Cork – The Burning of Cork". Corkpastandpresent.ie. 11 December 1920. http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/history/historyofcorkcity/early20thcentury/theburningofcork/.
- ↑ "Cork, Albert Quay, City Hall (new)". Dictionary of Irish Architects. Irish Architectural Archive. http://dia.ie/works/view/2825/building/CO.+CORK%2C+CORK%2C+ALBERT+QUAY%2C+CITY+HALL+%28NEW%29. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ↑ "City Hall, Anglesea Street, Cork City, Cork City". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=CC®no=20508003. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ↑ "Cork City Hall". City Mayors. http://www.citymayors.com/cityhalls/cork-cityhall.html. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
- ↑ "City Hall, Cork". Cork Past and Present.ie. http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/mapsimages/corkphotographs/corkcameraclubhistoricalphotos/cityhallcork/. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ↑ "City Hall, Anglesea Street, Cork City, Cork City" (in en-IE). National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20508003/city-hall-anglesea-street-cork-city-cork-city-cork-city.
- ↑ "Cork City Council Civic Offices - 2007 (ABK Architects)". Archiseek.com. http://archiseek.com/2011/2007-cork-city-council-new-civic-offices/. Retrieved 8 September 2015.