Harrogate Town Hall, (Architectural Competition)

Entries            80 designs submitted
Assessor         J Macvicar Anderson
1st premium    £150  Henry T hare FRIBA. Bloomsbury Square London
2nd Premium   £100  Waddington Son and Dunkerley Westminster and St Ann’s Square, Manchester.

In January 1902, Harrogate Town Council organised a competition for the design of a new town hall. Eighty entries were received, and Waddington, Son and Dunkerley came second, winning a prize of £100. First prize went to Henry Thomas Hare of London, but the project was abandoned because of opposition from the town’s ratepayers over the cost. New municipal buildings were eventually built in 1931 to a design by L H Clarke. [RF]

Reference    British Architect 20 June 1902 Page 431
Reference    British Architect 4 July Page 1 and Pages 3-4 - review of competition entries

Image         The Architect and Contract Reporter, 11 July 1902