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MAXWELL, WILLIAM CHARLES
- Born: 1875? Died: -
Architect, of Belfast, active from the 1890s until the 1930s. William Charles Maxwell, only child of William Maxwell, secretary of the Belfast City Mission, and his wife Ruth McMillan (née Owens), was born in Belfast on 7 September 1875.(1) He was articled to JAMES JOHN PHILLIPS from 1891 to 1896, and attended the Belfast School of Art from 1891 to 1895. He remained with Phillips as an assistant until 1901 and then worked as an assistant in a number of different Belfast offices, with NICHOLAS FITZSIMONS from 1901 to 1905, with the Belfast Garden Estates Company from 1905 to 1906, with WILLIAM JOHN GILLILAND in 1907 and with Fitzsimons again from 1908 to 1909. He then established his own practice, which carried out a considerable amount of work for Presbyterian missions in Belfast. At the time of the 1911 census he was unmarried.
RIBA: elected associate 28 February 1910.(2)
RSUA:(3) member by 1937; still a member in 1938 but no longer listed in 1939.
Addresses: Work: 13 Lombard Street, Belfast, 1909;(4) 29 Donegall Street, 1910-1923;(5) 3 Wellington Place, <=1937->=1938.(6)
Home: 44 Lonsdale Street, Belfast, 1911.
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References
All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from Directory of British Architects 1834-1914 (RIBA 2001), II, 155.
(1) Information from www.familysearch.org and 1911 census, http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai001441365/ (last visited Mar 2009).
(2) RIBAJ 17 (1909-1910), 392.
(3) From RSUA lists of members in Thom's directories.
(4) IB 51, 7 Aug 1909, 501.
(5) IB 53, 27 May 1911, 361; Who's Who in Architecture (1923), 170.
(6) See note 2, above.
34 work entries listed in chronological order for MAXWELL, WILLIAM CHARLES
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| Building: | CO. DOWN, BANGOR (NEAR), HOLIDAY HOME |
| Date: | 1909 |
| Nature: | Tenders for erecting new holiday home in connection with Belfast Shankill Rd Mission, Aug 1909. |
| Refs: | IB 51, 7 Aug 1909, 501 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LORD STREET, MISSION HALL |
| Date: | 1923 |
| Nature: | Adds., for Presbyterian Central Mission. |
| Refs: | IB 65, 21 Apr 1923, 298 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, LORD STREET, HOUSE |
| Date: | 1923 |
| Nature: | For Presbyterian Central Mission. |
| Refs: | IB 65, 21 Apr 1923, 298 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ASHLEY GARDENS, HOUSES (014 +1?) |
| Date: | 1923-24 |
| Nature: | For John McIvor. |
| Refs: | IB 65, 21 Apr,19 May 1923, 298,380; 66, 8 Mar 1924, 193 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BALMORAL AVENUE, NO. 079 |
| Date: | 1924 |
| Nature: | Asymmetrical, free-style house in red brick. |
| Refs: | Paul Larmour, The Architectural Heritage of Malone & Stranmillis (UAHS, 1991), 31 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BAWNMORE AVENUE, HOUSE |
| Date: | 1924 |
| Nature: | 'Villa'. |
| Refs: | IB 66, 17 May 1924, 442 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, RICHMOND STREET, HOUSES (006) |
| Date: | 1924 |
| Nature: | - |
| Refs: | IB 66, 3 May 1924, 397 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, OXFORD STREET, STORES |
| Date: | 1924 |
| Nature: | - |
| Refs: | IB 66, 22 Aug 1924, 737 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, KELVIN PARADE, GREENHOUSES |
| Date: | 1924 |
| Nature: | - |
| Refs: | IB 66, 12 Jan 1924, 25 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ASHLEY GARDENS, HOUSE |
| Date: | 1925 |
| Nature: | 'Villa'. |
| Refs: | IB 67, 21 Feb 1925, 147 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DIAMOND STREET, STORE |
| Date: | 1925 |
| Nature: | - |
| Refs: | IB 67, 31 Oct 1925, 893 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ADELAIDE PARK, HOUSE |
| Date: | 1926 |
| Nature: | Alts. & adds. to villa , for Mrs J. Murdock. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
| Refs: | IB 68, 2 Oct 1926, 753 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, UNIVERSITY ROAD, HOUSES (002) |
| Date: | 1926 |
| Nature: | 2 villas for H. McLaurin. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
| Refs: | IB 68, 6 Feb 1926, 98 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, KIMBERLEY STREET, MISSION HALL |
| Date: | 1926 |
| Nature: | For Belfast Presbyterian City Mission. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
| Refs: | IB 68, 20 Mar 1926, 221 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL ROAD, MISSION HALLS (002) |
| Date: | 1926 |
| Nature: | For Belfast Presbyterian City Mission. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
| Refs: | IB 68, 4 Sep 1926, 681 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL ROAD, HOUSES & SHOPS (003) |
| Date: | 1926 |
| Nature: | For Mr H. McLaurin. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
| Refs: | IB 68, 26 Jun 1926, 510 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DISRAELI STREET, MISSION HALL |
| Date: | 1926 |
| Nature: | For Rev. J. Milligen. |
| Refs: | IB 68, 12 Jun 1926, 470 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL ROAD, SHOPS & HOUSE |
| Date: | 1927 |
| Nature: | For Mr H. McLaurin. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
| Refs: | IB 69, 14 May 1927, 358 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, FRANCIS STREET, STORE |
| Date: | 1927 |
| Nature: | For Belfast Timber & Hardware Co. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
| Refs: | IB 69, 29 Oct 1927, 801 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, KENSINGTON AVENUE, HOUSE |
| Date: | 1927 |
| Nature: | Villa, for Mr J. Brown. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
| Refs: | IB 69, 14 May 1927, 358 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, OLDPARK ROAD, STORE |
| Date: | 1927 |
| Nature: | For Mr W. Greenfield. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
| Refs: | IB 69, 25 Jun 1927, 473 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL ROAD, SHOP |
| Date: | 1928 |
| Nature: | Alts. |
| Refs: | IB 70, 4 Aug 1928, 671 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL PARK AVENUE, HOUSE |
| Date: | 1928 |
| Nature: | Adds. |
| Refs: | IB 70, 28 Apr 1928, 372 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, OLDPARK ROAD, SHOP & STORE |
| Date: | 1928 |
| Nature: | - |
| Refs: | IB 70, 1 May 1928, 420 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HAVELOCK PLACE, MISSION HALL |
| Date: | 1929 |
| Nature: | Conversion from houses. |
| Refs: | IB 71, 7Dec 1929, 1092 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ISLAND STREET, MISSION HALL |
| Date: | 1929 |
| Nature: | Adds. |
| Refs: | IB 71, 22 Jun 1929, 576 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, KILBURN STREET, MISSION HALL |
| Date: | 1929 |
| Nature: | - |
| Refs: | IB 71, 30 Mar 1929, 280 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, OLD LODGE ROAD, SHOP & STORE |
| Date: | 1929 |
| Nature: | Conversion from house. |
| Refs: | IB 7`1, 21 Dec 1929, 1138 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, COOLMORE STREET, HOUSES (016) |
| Date: | 1930 |
| Nature: | - |
| Refs: | IB 72, 26 Apr 1930, 383 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CHICHESTER ROAD, HOUSES |
| Date: | 1931 |
| Nature: | Adds. |
| Refs: | IB 73, 23 May 1931, 465 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HAIG STREET, HOUSE |
| Date: | 1931 |
| Nature: | For Belfast City Mission. |
| Refs: | IB 73, 3 Jan 1931, 24 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DRUSE STREET (& HILLVIEW STREET), MISSION HALL |
| Date: | 1932 |
| Nature: | Adds., for Belfast City Mission. |
| Refs: | IB 74, 27 Aug 1932, 780 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MOUNTCOLLYER AVENUE, MISSION HALL |
| Date: | 1934 |
| Nature: | Adds. |
| Refs: | IB 76, 16 Jun 1934, 517 |
| Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ?, SHOPS & OFFICES |
| Date: | 1934 |
| Nature: | Conversion of shop & warehouse into lock-up shops & offices. |
| Refs: | IB 76, 27 Jan 1934, 70 |