White Linen Hall

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White Linen Hall was a prominent 19th-century linen exchange and commercial building in Belfast that once stood on the site now occupied by Belfast City Hall.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commercial building
historical building
linen exchange
associatedIndustry linen industry
associatedWith growth of Belfast as a commercial centre
centuryOfProminence 19th century
city Belfast
country United Kingdom
demolishedFor construction of Belfast City Hall
followedByOnSite Belfast City Hall
heritageStatus no longer extant
locatedIn County Antrim NERFINISHED
Northern Ireland
surface form: Ireland

Northern Ireland
location Belfast
materialTraded linen
notableFor being predecessor building on Belfast City Hall site
role in Belfast linen industry
precededByOnSite earlier structures in Belfast city centre
primaryFunction linen exchange
region Ulster
status demolished
stoodOnSiteNowOccupiedBy Belfast City Hall
usedFor commercial activities
linen trade

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Belfast City Hall previousSiteUse White Linen Hall