Arthur Harrison (22 January 1862 – 22 August 1922) FRIBA was an architect based in

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the We ...

, England.

Life

Arthur Harrison was born in Nottingham on 22 January 1862. He trained with William Martin and

John Henry Chamberlain John Henry Chamberlain (21 June 1831 – 22 October 1883), generally known professionally as J. H. Chamberlain, was a British nineteenth-century architect based in Birmingham. Working predominantly in the Victorian Gothic style, he was one of ...

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 The Birmingham Architectural Association (BAA), known between 1933 and 1967 as the Birmingham and Five Counties Architectural Association, is a professional association of architects based in Birmingham, England, and affiliated to the West Midlands ...

. 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 *

St Christopher's Church, Springfield St Christopher's Church, Springfield is a Church of England building in the Anglican Diocese of Birmingham. History The church was built by the architect Arthur Harrison in the Decorated Gothic style. It was consecrated in 1907, and a parish a ...

1907 * Digbeth Institute, Birmingham 1906 - 1908 *Nechells Baths, Birmingham 1910 *St Thomas' Schools, Granville Street, Birmingham 1915 - 1917

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harrison, Arthur 1862 births 1922 deaths Architects from Nottingham Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects Architects from Birmingham, West Midlands