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No. 60 Upper O'Connell Street

Architect: William G. Murray
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Built as the Colonial Insurance Company in 1863, this office building has a fine streetlevel stone facade unfortunately painted in rather garish colours. An exercise in Ruskinian gothic, the windows of the upper floor has received nice if subtle decoration.