Henry Irwin

This article is about the architect. For other uses, see Henry Irwin (disambiguation).

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.

Henry Irwin

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

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, Chennai^{[citation needed]}
• The Law Courts, Jabalpur^[7]