Mayo Memorial Hall Explained

Mayo Memorial Hall
Location:Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
India
Coordinates:25.4602°N 81.8435°W
Completion Date:1879
Architect:Richard Roskell Bayne
Governing Body:Local

Mayo Memorial and Town Hall[1] (commonly Mayo Hall[2]) is a large meeting hall in Prayagraj, 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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Notes and References

  1. Book: 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 . 922 . 6 November 2014 .
  2. Book: Renford, Raymond K. . 1987 . The non-official British in India to 1920 . Oxford University Press . 226 . 978-0-19-561388-9 . 6 November 2014 .
  3. Web site: Richard Roskell Bayne collection . 2015-08-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130704112639/http://library.uvic.ca/spcoll/guides/sc131.html . 2013-07-04 .
  4. Web site: Prayagraj. Indian Mirror . 13 August 2018 .