Halifax Infirmary (Document ID: 100455)
Lithograph of the Halifax Infirmary, Harrison Road, Halifax, West Yorkshire.
Author: John Horner
Date: not dated
Location: Halifax
Format: Print
Document ID: 100455
Library ID: 35498814
Print of the Halifax Infirmary, by John Horner (1784-1867), Halifax-born "Drawing Master and Portrait Painter". He produced a series of drawings of pre-industrialised Halifax, printed as lithographs in "Buildings in the Town and Parish of Halifax" by Corn Market bookseller and publisher Roberts Leyland in 1835.
From the print: " On Stone by W. Walton from a Drawing by [?] Andrews, Esqr. Archt. Printed by C. Hullmandel.". Also: "To the Subscribers who so handsomely contributed to erect The Halifax Infirmary, This plate is respectfully inscribed by their obedient Servant, JOHN HORNER."
The old Halifax Infirmary at Dispensary Walk, Halifax originally catered only for out-patients when it opened in 1807. By the late 1800s it had moved to Harrison Road/Blackwall Street and expanded and outgrown that site.
In July 1896, the building on Free School Lane was opened by the Duke and Duchess of York (King George V and Queen Mary to be) and named the Royal Halifax Infirmary. The wards are named after the people who subscribed to the building costs and included local families and industrialists. The building closed in 2001 when the Calderdale Royal Hospital opened.
In 2002, plans for the site included retaining some of the wards and the central administration block as apartments with gardens, and the remaining land being used for housing.
Parts of the building and boundary wall are Grade II listed buildings.
