Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Architect, of Bangor, Co. Down, active in the 1930s..  L.H. Hodgins was a son of John George Hodgins, founder and editor of the Irish Cyclist, published in Tralee, Co. Kerry. (1)    He designed the Regent Palace and Royal Hotels and the Earl Haig Memorial Hall in Bangor in the early 1930s.(2) 

Address: 97 Main Street, Bangor, <=1934->=1939.(3)

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References



(1) Irish Times, 1 May 1934.
(2) Marcus Patton, Bangor: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1999), 91,173,179.
(3) Thom's Directiry Ireland (1934), 2456; Thom's Directory (1939), 2426..


3 work entries listed in chronological order for HODGINS, L.H.


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Building: CO. DOWN, BANGOR, QUEEN'S PARADE, REGENT PALACE HOTEL
Date: 1931
Nature: 4-storey steel framed bulding with very shallow oriel windows. Later foremd part of Queen's Court Hotel.
Refs: Marcus Patton, Bangor: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1999), 179

Building: CO. DOWN, BANGOR, QUAY STREET, ROYAL HOTEL
Date: 1931-32
Nature: New 5-storey rendered hotel of 6-bays with corner turret, for Mr O'Hara.
Refs: Marcus Patton, Bangor: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1999), 173

Building: CO. DOWN, BANGOR, HAMILTON ROAD, EARL HAIG MEMORIAL HALL
Date: 1932-33
Nature: New 2-storey raed brick hall for Royal British Legion. Builder: John Boyd & Sons who used ex-servicemen to work on the building. Opened July 1933 by Lord Bangor.
Refs: Marcus Patton, Bangor: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1999), 91