This is the where, I'm guessing, most of the archives of Hull were kept before the Hull History Centre came about. It was built in 1881 and must have been a dockside building (it's on the side of the old Queen's Dock and has a sailing ship weather vane atop that conical structure) before the archive was placed here. The monogram above the door says TMC or CMT but I don't know what that means. Anyhow it's a fine old Victorian building waiting for someone to put it it to some use. I like the different window styles; it's like the architect had a palette and said I'll have arches here and circles there with squares up on top; oh yes and a conical tower to top it all off. Wonderful!
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