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Dale Street
Dale Street is a thoroughfare in Liverpool city centre, England. The street was one of the original seven streets that made up the medieval borough founded by King John in 1207, together with Castle Street, Old Hall Street, Chapel Street, High Street, Tithebarn Street and Water Street. It contains many Grade II listed buildings. Alois Hitler Jr, the half brother of Adolf Hitler, ran a restaurant there. Bridget Hitler, the wife of Alois, maintained that Adolf lived with them in Liverpool from 1912 to 1913 while he was on the run for dodging the draft in his native Austria-Hungary. In 1970, the Churchill Way Flyovers were opened, linking Dale Street and Tithebarn Street to Lime Street. Built as part of an inner-city ring road project that was never fully completed, the flyovers were demolished in 2019 having been deemed unsafe. Grade II Listed buildings * Liverpool, London and Globe Building * Union Marine Buildings * Saddle Inn * Rigby's Buildings * Guardian Assur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool City Centre
Liverpool city centre is the administrative, commercial, cultural, financial and historical centre of Liverpool and the Liverpool City Region, England. There are different definitions of the city centre for urban planning and Local government in England, local government; however, the boundary of Liverpool city centre is broadly marked by the inner city districts of Vauxhall, Liverpool, Vauxhall, Everton, Liverpool, Everton, Edge Hill, Merseyside, Edge Hill, Kensington, Liverpool, Kensington and Toxteth. At the 2023 United Kingdom local elections, the population of Liverpool city centre was 36,770 based on the five Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral wards that officially make up the city centre. Over 6 million people live within an hour of Liverpool City Centre. In 2022, there were almost 80 million visits to the City Centre. Liverpool was granted borough status in 1207, and the original seven streets of the settlement now form part of the centr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming Chancellor of Germany#Nazi Germany (1933–1945), the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of in 1934. His invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 marked the start of the Second World War. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust: the genocide of Holocaust victims, about six million Jews and millions of other victims. Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn in Austria-Hungary and moved to German Empire, Germany in 1913. He was decorated during his service in the German Army in the First World War, receiving the Iron Cross. In 1919 he joined the German Workers' Party (DAP), the precursor of the Nazi Party, and in 1921 was app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prudential Assurance Building, Liverpool
The Prudential Assurance Building is a Grade II listed, Victorian Gothic revival style office building located on Dale Street in the centre of Liverpool, England. It was designed by local architect Alfred Waterhouse (also noted for the Natural History Museum and Manchester Town Hall) and was constructed in 1885–6. The building was commissioned by the country's leading insurance provider Prudential as its new regional offices in Liverpool. It was part of a series of buildings commissioned by the Prudential from Waterhouse, notably the firm's large headquarters in London, now known as Holborn Bars. Like the other Prudential commissions, the building is noted for its use of red architectural terracotta and brick.The Edinburgh building is an exception in using sandstone. It has a tower which was added to the building by the architect's son Paul Waterhouse in 1905. Gold lettering above the first floor windows near the corner read ''Prudential Assurance Buildings'', and Roman num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Temple, Liverpool
The Temple is an office building at 22A and 24 Dale Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. History The Temple was constructed in 1864–65. It was built for the banker Sir William Brown and designed by Sir James Picton. Leading from the rear of the building were two brick ranges with large windows. The west range has been converted into flats; the east range has been demolished, and was replaced in 2001 by a new building. Architecture The building is in stone, with a grey granite basement and a lead roof. It has three storeys plus a basement and an attic. The entrance front on Dale Street has seven bays and a curved bay leading round into Princess Street on the left corner. The surround to the round-arched entrance is rusticated. Over the entrance is a carving of four hands, clasped together, and the words "Harmony Becomes Brothers". Also in the ground floor is a Tuscan colonnade, a panelled frieze and a cornice. The first floor is rusticated, and above ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Insurance Building, Liverpool
The State Insurance Building is at 14 Dale Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Half of the building was destroyed by bombing in the Second World War. Both its external architecture and its internal decoration are elaborate. History The building was constructed in 1906 to a design by Walter Aubrey Thomas, who also designed the Royal Liver Building and Tower Buildings. It was originally symmetrical about a central turret, but the half of the building, the part extending towards North John Street, was destroyed by bombing in the Second World War. The building continues to be used as offices, with a restaurant on the ground floor. In the 1920s the downstairs of the building was used as a popular dance hall and venue. After the second World War it was closed and later reopened as a Debenhams department store. In the 1980s it transformed again into a popular night club and rave hot spot, using the open plan hall downstairs to set up a stage for live music, but later closed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magistrates Courts, Liverpool
The Magistrates' Courts is a building on Dale Street, Liverpool formerly used for magistrates' court hearings until 2015. It is a Grade II listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ... designed by John Grey Weightman built between 1857 and 1859. Until the 1970s buildings in Great Crosshall Street were used for juvenile court hearings until a new purpose-built complex was opened accessible from Hatton Garden. There were also courtrooms in Victoria Street which were mostly used for hearing road traffic cases. They were operated by His Majesty's Courts Service. In 2007 it was announced that the Dale Street building will close to be replaced by a new purpose-built set of courts. Approval for the project was given, with a budget of £35m, for a new complex to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rigby's Buildings
Rigby's Buildings is at 21–25 Dale Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It contains offices and, on its ground floor, a public house. History The building carries the date 1726, but the present building on the site probably dates from about 1850. It takes its name from Alderman Thomas Rigby, who came from humble beginnings, and made a fortune from public houses and hotels. He acquired the building in about 1852, at which time it was known as Atherton Buildings. Rigby bought the building mainly for its yards and warehouse at the rear for use in his business. At this time it had a plain frontage, and in 1865 Rigby added the stucco façade with its wooden carved grotesques in imitation-Middle Ages, medieval style. As of 2003 its ground floor is occupied by a public house named ''Thomas Rigby's'', and the upper floors are used as offices. Architecture Rigby's Buildings is in five storeys, with a front of seven bay (architecture), bays. The ground floor has a 19th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool, London And Globe Building
The Liverpool, London and Globe Building is located in Dale Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It fills a block adjacent to the Town Hall, bounded to the northeast by Exchange Street East and to the southwest by High Street. History The building was constructed between 1856 and 1858 for the Liverpool and London Globe Insurance Company. The architect was C. R. Cockerell, who was assisted by his son F. P. Cockerell, and by Christopher F. Heyward. An attic storey was added to the building in the 1920s. The building was used by the Royal Bank of Scotland up until 2022. It has since been converted into a three-floor hospitality venue and office space.. Architecture It is constructed in ashlar, with rusticated quoins and a slate roof. The building is in three storeys with a basement and attics. The Dale Street front has seven bays, and there are 15 bays along the sides. The entrance in Dale Street is flanked by red granite Doric colum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lime Street, Liverpool
Lime Street in Liverpool, England, was created as a street in 1790. Its most famous feature is Liverpool Lime Street railway station, Lime Street railway station. It is part of the William Brown Street conservation area. History The street was named for lime Kiln, kilns owned by William Harvey, a local businessman. When the street was laid out in 1790 it was outside the city limits, but by 1804 the lime kilns were causing problems at a nearby infirmary. The doctors complained about the smell, and so the kilns were moved away, but the street name remained unchanged. With the arrival of the railway line in 1836, the street moved from a marginal to a central location in the city, a position that confirmed by the creation of St George's Hall, Liverpool, St George's Hall, on the side of the street opposite the railway station, in 1854. Wellington's Column, a monument to the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Duke of Wellington was built to mark one end of the street, at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridget Dowling
Bridget Elizabeth Hitler, née Dowling (alternative Brigid Elisabeth, or Cissie) (3 July 1891 – 18 November 1969), was Adolf Hitler's half sister-in-law via her marriage to Alois Hitler Jr.. She was the mother of Alois Hitler's son William Patrick Hitler. She was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. Marriage Engagement In 1909, Bridget and her father, William Dowling, attended the Dublin Horse Show where they met Alois Hitler junior, who claimed to be a wealthy hotelier touring Europe when, in fact, he was a poor kitchen porter at Dublin's Shelbourne Hotel. Alois courted Bridget at various Dublin locales and soon they were discussing marriage. On 3 June 1910, the couple eloped to London, living in Charing Cross Road for a while. Her father threatened to charge Alois with kidnapping but accepted the marriage after Bridget pleaded with him. Early married life The couple settled at 102 Upper Stanhope Street, a boarding house kept by the John family, in Toxteth, Liverpool and, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Street, Liverpool
Water Street is a road in Liverpool, England. Situated in the city centre, it runs from Dale Street to the Pier Head at the River Mersey. History The street was one of the original seven streets that made up the medieval borough founded by King John in 1207, together with Castle Street, Old Hall Street, Chapel Street, High Street, Tithebarn Street and Dale Street. It was originally known as Bonk Street ('Bonk' being Lancastrian dilect for 'bank'), then Bank Street, and in the 1520s it was named Water Street. On 26 May 2025, a man drove into a crowd of pedestrians on the street during a victory parade for Liverpool F.C.'s win in the Premier League. According to Merseyside Police, 79 people were injured, 50 of whom were taken to hospital, and a 53-year-old white British man from West Derby was detained at the scene. Grade II Listed buildings Water Street contains some of Liverpool's most renowned buildings, including: In popular culture ''Moby Dick'' Water Street is menti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal Buildings, Liverpool
Municipal Buildings is a former council office building that has been converted into a hotel. It is located on Dale Street in the centre of Liverpool, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. History The building was built by the town council to accommodate the growing number of administrative staff. Work was started in 1862 by Liverpool Corporation surveyor John Weightman, and finished by Edward Robert Robson in 1868. The building was put up for sale by the council in 2016 as it was deemed "surplus to requirements" and too expensive to run and maintain. In January 2016, it was announced that Singapore-based international property group Fragrance Group had bought the building and were planning on turning it into a hotel. The remaining 640 council staff then working in the building were moved to other offices within the city ahead of the sale. Work began in autumn 2020. The project was worth £80 million including the acquisition costs, and involved the creation of a fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
