Port of Liverpool Building (or 'Dock Offices'), Pier Head, Liverpool, as seen in October 1904 while under construction

SOURCE: Builders' Journal & Architectural Record, vol. 20, 1904 Dec. 28 supplement [The architectural and building events of 1904], p. 25 NOTES: The design for the Port of Liverpool Building (formerly Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Offices, more commonly known as the Dock Office) was won in competition by Briggs & Wolstenholme with Arnold Thornely and F. B. Hobbs. Built in 1904-1907, the structure is of steel encased in concrete, with a facing of Portland stone.