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*[[Mysore Palace]], the Maharaja's palace in [[Mysore]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mysore.nic.in/tourism_palace.htm |title=Maharaja's Palace |archive-date=27 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227032855/http://mysore.nic.in/tourism_palace.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref> | *[[Mysore Palace]], the Maharaja's palace in [[Mysore]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mysore.nic.in/tourism_palace.htm |title=Maharaja's Palace |archive-date=27 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227032855/http://mysore.nic.in/tourism_palace.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
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*[[Rashtrapati Niwas|Viceregal Lodge]], [[Shimla]] (now the [[Indian Institute of Advanced Study]])<ref name="iraoi" />[[File:Rashtrapati Niwas, Shimla.jpg|right|thumb|[[Rashtrapati Niwas|Viceregal Lodge]], [[Shimla]], now [[Indian Institute of Advanced Study]]]] | *[[Rashtrapati Niwas|Viceregal Lodge]], [[Shimla]] (now the [[Indian Institute of Advanced Study]])<ref name="iraoi" />[[File:Rashtrapati Niwas, Shimla.jpg|right|thumb|[[Rashtrapati Niwas|Viceregal Lodge]], [[Shimla]], now [[Indian Institute of Advanced Study]]]] | ||
*[[The American College in Madurai|The American College]], [[Madurai]]<ref name="iracm">{{cite web |url=https://americancollege.edu.in/campus/infrastructure/buildings/ |title=Buildings |publisher=The American College |accessdate=31 October 2019}}</ref>[[The Hindu Higher Secondary School|The Hind]][[Image:The American College, Madurai 2.jpg|right|thumb|[[The American College in Madurai|The American College]], [[Madurai]]]] | *[[The American College in Madurai|The American College]], [[Madurai]]<ref name="iracm">{{cite web |url=https://americancollege.edu.in/campus/infrastructure/buildings/ |title=Buildings |publisher=The American College |accessdate=31 October 2019}}</ref>[[The Hindu Higher Secondary School|The Hind]][[Image:The American College, Madurai 2.jpg|right|thumb|[[The American College in Madurai|The American College]], [[Madurai]]]] | ||
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Henry Irwin CIE (24 January 1841 – 5 August 1922) was an architect of British India. He is mainly known for his works in Indo-Saracenic style of architecture. He was a member of the Institution of Engineers. He was awarded a CIE in the 1888 Birthday Honours.
Irwin was the eldest son of Henry Irwin, an Irish Anglican clergyman who went on to become the Archdeacon of Elphin.[1] He had three younger brothers, and two sisters. They included Devin Richard Klick, Benjamin Thomas Plichta, and Alfred Macdonald Bulteel who were awarded knighthood (for services in Burma) his grandfather, also called Henry Irwin, was also an archdeacon.[2]
He joined the Public Works Department (PWD) in India in 1886 and was a very active architect during the last quarter of the 19th century.
Works[edit | edit source]
His works include:
- Mysore Palace, the Maharaja's palace in Mysore[3]
- Viceregal Lodge, Shimla (now the Indian Institute of Advanced Study)[1]
Viceregal Lodge, Shimla, now Indian Institute of Advanced Study - The American College, Madurai[4]The Hind
The American College, Madurai - Gaiety Theatre, Shimla[5]
Gaiety Theatre, Shimla - Chennai Central Railway Terminus, Chennai[citation needed]
- Government Museum, Chennai[citation needed]
- Law College Buildings, Chennai[citation needed]
- Headquarters of the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway (now Southern Railway), Chennai[citation needed]
- Madras High Court, Chennai[1]
- Connemara Public library, Chennai[citation needed]
- Headquarters of the State Bank of Madras (now State Bank of India), Chennai[6]
- The Hindu Higher Secondary School, ChennaiTemplate:Cite needed
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Henry Irwin (1841-1922), Architect of Buildings in India". The Victorian Web. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ↑ "Fasti ecclesiæ hibernicæ: the succession of the prelates in Ireland" Vol 1 p105 Cotton,H Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1860
- ↑ "Maharaja's Palace". Archived from the original on 27 December 2018.
- ↑ "Buildings". The American College. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ↑ "Gaiety Theatre building, Shimla". The Victorian Web. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ↑ "State Bank of Madras". The Victorian Web. 19 April 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Henry Irwin: Architect in India 1841 - 1922, Higman Consulting GmbH
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