Mayo Memorial Hall

Mayo Memorial Hall
General information
Location Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
India
Governing body Local
Design and construction
Architect Richard Roskell Bayne

Mayo Memorial and Town Hall[1] (commonly Mayo Hall[2]) is a large meeting hall in Allahabad, situated near the Thornhill Mayne Memorial, having a 180 feet high tower . The interior of this memorial hall was ornamented with designs by Professor Gamble of the South Kensington Museum, London. Mayo Memorial Hall was designed by Richard Roskell Bayne and was completed in 1879.[3] The hall was meant for public meetings, balls and receptions in commemoration of the assassinated Viceroy Mayo.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ Khandekar, G. H. (1894). The Indian Companion: Being a Manual of Universal Statistics of All the Provinces in and the Countries Adjacent to India. Law Printing Press. p. 922. Retrieved Nov 6, 2014.
  2. ↑ Renford, Raymond K. (1987). The non-official British in India to 1920. Oxford University Press. p. 226. Retrieved Nov 6, 2014.
  3. ↑ http://library.uvic.ca/spcoll/guides/sc131.html
  4. ↑ http://www.indianmirror.com/tourism/allahabad.html


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