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.

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