George Meehan House
| George Meehan House | |
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Middlesex | |
|---|---|
.jpg) George Meehan House | |
| Location | |
| Town: | Wood Green |
| History | |
| Address: | High Road |
| Built 1865 | |
| Italianate | |
| Information | |
George Meehan House (formerly known as Earlham Grove House, later Woodside House) is a municipal building in High Road, Wood Green, Middlesex.
The building, was designed in the Italianate style, was built as a private residence known as Earlham Grove House and was completed in 1865.[1] The philanthropist Catherine Smithies, who founded the Band of Mercy animal welfare group which later merged with the RSPCA, lived in the house in the mid 19th-century.[1] Her son, Thomas Bywater Smithies, who was the publisher of The British Workman, also lived in the house at that time.[1]
The house was acquired by the local board of health for use as a public library in 1893 and it then became the offices of Wood Green Urban District Council in 1913, which later became the Municipal Borough of Wood Green.[2]
The house remained the local town hall until the council moved to Wood Green Civic Centre in March 1958.[3]
The hall remained in use as the local registry office under the name Woodside House, before being refurbished and renamed George Meehan House, in memory of a former councillor, in 2018.[1][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "The History of George Meehan House". London Borough of Haringey. https://www.haringey.gov.uk/libraries-sport-and-leisure/culture-and-entertainment/visiting-haringey/archive-and-local-history/history-woodside-house. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ "Wood Green". A Vision of Britain. https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10173140. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ 'London's Town Halls' (Historic England), page 97
- ↑ "George Meehan House Refurbishment Complete". T&B Contractors. http://www.tandbcontractors.com/lb-haringeys-george-meehan-house-refurbishment-complete/. Retrieved 4 May 2020.