Arthur Harrison (architect)

Yardley District Council House
The grade II listed public baths on Nechells Park Road, Nechells.
Digbeth Institute

Arthur Harrison (1862 - 1922) FRIBA was an architect based in Birmingham, England.[1]

Life

Arthur Harrison was born in Nottingham on 22 January 1862. He trained with William Martin and John Henry Chamberlain in Birmingham before moving as assistant to George A Cox in 1885. He commenced independent practice in Birmingham in 1888. He was elected FRIBA in 1902 as a result of being President of the Birmingham Architectural Association. He was also President of the Rotary Club of Birmingham.

He died on 22 August 1922.

Works

  • 28-34 Albert Street, Birmingham. 1888
  • Hall Green Junior School, Stratford Road, Hall Green, Birmingham 1892 - 1893
  • Morton Hall,123 Main Street, Newmilns, Kilmarnock 1896
  • Yardley District Council House 1898 - 1902
  • Artisans' Dwellings (Colmore Estate Dwellings), Hospital Street, Birmingham. 1900[2]
  • St Christopher's Church, Springfield 1907
  • Digbeth Institute, Birmingham 1906 - 1908[3]
  • Nechells Baths, Birmingham 1910
  • St Thomas' Schools, Granville Street, Birmingham 1915 - 1917[4]

References

  1. ↑ British Architectural Library, RIBA (1 July 2001). Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. ISBN 0826455131.
  2. ↑ Sydney Perks (1 Sep 2007). Residential Flats. Jeremy Mills Publishing. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ↑ Andy Foster (2007). Pevsner Architectural Guides: Birmingham. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300107319.
  4. ↑ Doug Hickman (1970). Birmingham. Studio Vista. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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