4 Kildare
Street, Dublin, Ireland
Architect
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Frederick Hayes
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Date
Built
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1936
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Location
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Kildare Street
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Description
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This building on Kildare Street,
in Dublin, is the administrative headquarters
of the Irish National Library. The
building actually dates back to 1748 but in
1936 a new art-deco limestone facade was added
by the architect Frederick Hayes. The
Irish Architectural Archive shows a listing
for Hayes in 1936 as follows:
"Name: HAYES,
FREDERICK Building:
CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, KILDARE STREET, NO.
004 (REFUGE ASSURANCE BUILDING) Date: 1936
Nature: Builder: Albert Roberts & Co.,
133 Baggot St. Refs:
IB
78, 7 Mar 1936, 187 "
So it would appear that in 1936 Number
4 Kildare Street belonged to the Refuge
Assurance. The Art Deco Dublin website
agrees and adds that the building is faced
with polished grey limestone from Ballinasloe,
Co Galway |
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