Joseph
Sunlight
Joseph Schimschlavitch
was born in Belarus. The family emigrated to the
UK in 1890 settling in Manchester and changing their
name to Sunlight. Joseph's father was a cotton
merchant. In 1904 Joseph was apprenticed to a
Manchester architect and 3 years later set up his own
practice in an office in St. Ann's Square.
Sunlight House, Quay Street - 1932 |