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SJ8498 : Holyoake House

near to Manchester, Great Britain

Holyoake House

The co-operative activist George Jacob Holyoake died in 1906 and the Co-operative Movement decided to commemorate him by building a permanent headquarters for the Co-operative Union. The building, designed by F. E. L. Harris, was erected in 1911 on Hanover Street and named Holyoake House. A plaque SJ8498 : Plaque to George Jacob Holyoake was erected outside the building dedicating the building to Holyoake's memory.

Holyoake House is grade II listed Link

Holyoake House

After the co-operative activist George Jacob Holyoake died in 1906, the Co-operative Movement decided to commemorate him by building a permanent headquarters for the Co-operative Union. It was erected in 1911 on Hanover Street (also home to SJ8498 : CWS Hanover Building) and named Holyoake House. A plaque was erected outside the building dedicating the building to Holyoake's memory.

The building was extended in the 1930s, and the Training Centre on the top floor was destroyed by an incendiary bomb in the Manchester Blitz of 1940. It is a Grade II Listed Building (Link British Listed Buildings)

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2012

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Grid Square: SJ8498, 1253 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Gerald England (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Wednesday, 28 November, 2012 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 29 November, 2012
Geographical Context: Business, Retail, Services
Person (from Tags): George Jacob Holyoake
Date (from Tags): 1906 1911
Person (from Tags): F.E.L. Harris
Subject Location: OSGB36: SJ 8419 9889 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:29.1890N 2:14.3838W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: SJ 8416 9889
View Direction: EAST (about 90 degrees)