Jack Hennessy

John Francis Hennessy (1853–1924) was an Australian architect practicing in New South Wales in the 1880s-1910s, concentrating on projects for the Catholic Church.

Personal life John Francis Hennessy was born in Ireland about 1853, and grew up and trained in architecture in Leeds, and London. Deciding that there were more opportunities in Australia, he arrived in Sydney in 1880 and was soon appointed assistant to the city architect, where he worked on the Centennial Hall of the Sydney Town Hall in 1883. His son retained the name and went make the firm one of the most successful commercial practices in the 1930s in Australia and New Zealand.

Later life John Hennessy died only a year after retiring in November 1924 at his home in Belmore Street, Burwood. His requiem mass was held at St Mary's Catholic Church in Concord where he regularly worshipped. He was buried in Rookwood Cemetery.

Works

St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill (1884–94) St Vincent's College, Potts Point (1886) Hotel Metropole, Sydney (1888–1890) St Patrick's Seminary, Manly (1885-1889) Sacred Heart Monastery, Kensington (1897) Burwood Council Chambers (1887) City Tattersalls Club (1890) Cathedral of St Mary and St Joseph, Armidale (1910–11) Plan for Daceyville garden suburb in Sydney, with John Sulman (1912).