Joseph Hirst

Joseph Henry Hirst (1863–1945) was a leading architect of the post-Victorian era based in Kingston upon Hull.

He was born in 1863 in South Milford, Yorkshire, the son of William Hirst (1833-1918) and Mary Ann Carr (1839-1883).

He married Hannah Whitehead (1852-1951) in 1890 in St Charles Catholic Church, Hull.

They had the following children: During the Second World War his home in Hymers Avenue, Hull was damaged in an air raid.

[3] He was responsible for some of Hull's best-known buildings, among them the City Hall, swimming baths, schools and housing estates.

City Hall, Hull 1903-09
Carnegie Public Library, Anlaby Road, Hull 1905
Beverley Road Baths, Hull 1905
Pickering Almshouses, 1909
Former School for Fishermen, now the Boulevard Centre, Hull 1914