It was constructed between 1896 and 1898 and is positioned on the corner of James Street and The Strand across from the Pier Head.

In 1912, when news of the disaster of the Titanic reached the offices, the officials were too afraid to leave the building, and instead read the names of the deceased from the balcony.

[citation needed] After many years being vacant, in 2014 the building was converted into a Titanic-themed hotel known as 30 James Street.

[1] The design closely follows the architect's earlier work of 1887, the former New Scotland Yard building in London.

The entrance to the building at James Street has a fine mosaic of South America set into the floor, also near the James Street entrance inside Albion House was a wooden war memorial listing the members of staff who "Gave their lives for their country" in the 1914-18 War.