Contractors who built 55 Broadway. We found some references to a company of the same name building skyscrapers in the United States but it may be a totally different company.
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The Foundation Company Ltd
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Walter Wakley
This stone was laid on 13th September 1928 by Walter Wakley, foreman stonemas...
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J. Wright & Son
J. Wright & Son, Hiccinson & Co. Building contractors based in Hendon in 1926.
1 memorial
Pimlico Grammar School
Architect was J.P. Gandy Deering. The British Museum's drawing is from 1832. Built as a non-conformist private academy for boys but the school only lasted a few years. ‘Ian Fleming’ by Andrew Lyc...
1 memorial
St Joseph's Almshouses
Roman Catholic almshouses, funded by Joseph and Mary Knight. Designed by Pugin, building began in 1847. 24 cottages were planned but only 18 built, in two blocks of 9, at the north-east corner o...
2 memorials
James Edmondson
Builder. Born in Clerkenwell, the son of a carpenter, Isaac, from Cumberland. His first major development was the streets around Sotheby Road in Highbury and he went on to develop areas of Crouch E...
1 memorial
Kipling House
This 1888 map has this building (now number 43) as number 19, and shows it having 7 and a half floors and a basement. From the Daily Mail: Kipling's apartment was on the 5th floor. The Victorian W...
1 memorial