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Lots of information and interesting comments from former residents here - comeheretome.com/2012/10/05/the-dublin-working-boys-home-...

Flickr is sometimes amazing! In 2018 via Warren LeMay And a 2005 close-up of the sign under the oriel window via Gerhard Lehner

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Who swiped the oriel window? And the cupola? And the balustrades? The building has been defrillyitusified. Kinlay House on google maps has some interesting interior photos - www.google.com/maps/place/Kinlay+House/@53.3434253,-6.270...

BOYS' TECHNICAL SCHOOL The Lord Lieutenant Opens its New Home The new premises of the Dublin Working Boys' Home and Harding Technical School, in Lord Edward street, were opened to-day by the Lord Lieutenant. The institution was established about fifteen years ago, and during that time about 550 boys have availed themselves of its advantages, many of them remaining as long as seven years in the old premises in Denzille street. A most satisfactory feature in connection with the institution "is that three-fourths of the income required — £800 — have been subscribed by the boys themselves. The necessity, however, for suitable premises was for a long time felt, and it was only in 1886 that an opportunity was afforded of providing such buildings as the increasing extension of the good work demanded. In that year an endowment was allocated to the institution by Mr Thomas Spunner and Mr Francis B Ormsby, the trustees of the will of Miss Anne Middleton Harding, on condition a technical and night school should be opened in connection with the home. The conditions were of course agreed to, and the arrangement was subsequently ratified by a scheme framed by the Commissioners of Educational Endowments. The result was the erection of the present commodious buildings. The site selected, as the audience assembled at the opening ceremony were reminded to-day by the Recorder, was at one time occupied by what was known as the Maiden Tower, with countless ramifications and passages leading to nowhere in particular. The building has a frontage of 162 feet, and on each side of the main entrance there are two shops. At the rere, at Copper alley, a plot has been purchased with the object of providing a play-ground for the boys. There is a suggestion of the Elizabethan style in the architecture, an attractive feature of the frontage being a buff terra cotta oriel bay window. Mount Argus bricks have been largely used in the structure. The interior is elaborately fitted up, the dining-room, in particular, being neatly arranged. There are eight tables, each capable of accommodating six boys. This apartment communicates with the kitchen by means of a sliding window, and on the same floor are spacious pantries, lavatories, &c. On the first floor is the lecture hall, capable of seating 150 persons, and containing a fire-place and platform. The board-room and boy' reading room for boys, are on the same floor. On the second floor is the schoolroom, and here also are the dormitories and bath-rooms. The dormitories are capable of affording accommodation for 6O residents, while in the technical and night schools about 100 pupils may be instructed. The boys from Denzille street have already moved into the new premises. The ages of the boys who usually attend the home range from 14 to 19, and they are obliged to pay in fees, which includes board, lodging, and washing, the comparatively small sum of from 5s 6d to 7s 6d per week. Messrs H and J Martin deserve credit for the manner in which they have performed their contract under the supervision of Mr A E Murray, the architect.

(Evening Herald, 22 February 1892)

Charles Sumner School – Then & Now (100+ years later)

After it closed in 1978, Sumner School was in disrepair and was saved from demolition through an organized community effort. Through the concerted efforts of Richard L. Hurlbut and others, a meticulous $5 million renovation was undertaken from 1984 to 1986. [1] [2]

An addition was added to the rear (as shown in more recent photograph) which is almost indistinguishable from the original building. Some details of the original retaining wall appear to remain in place, albeit the landscaping and streetscape have changed significantly.


"Charles Sumner School (2007)" by Chris Tank



"Charles Sumner School (c.1890)" by Thompson

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