William Henry Skinner

William Henry Skinner (1838–1915) was a Welsh-born architect who migrated to New Zealand, and reached the rank of major in the Royal Rifle Volunteers. His notable buildings included the Evening Star office, Onehunga Woollen Works, the Grand Hotel, the Northcote Tavern and St Paul's churches in Auckland, and St James' Union Church in Thames, New Zealand.

Biography Skinner was born in 1838 in Newport, Wales. He was the second son of John Skinner, builder of 'Barnstable and Lynton' North Devon. He grew up in England and attended the department of science and art at the Imperial College London. He was awarded a bronze medal for 'success in art' in 1859.

List of buildings Sources: Evening Star newspaper office, Shortland Street, Auckland (1883) (demolished) Temporary St Paul's Anglican Church, Eden Crescent, Auckland (1885) (now Tātai Hono marae, part of Church of the Holy Sepulchre) Onehunga Woollen Works, Auckland (1886–1887) Grand Hotel, Princes Street, Auckland (1889) (now a façade) Freemasons' Hall, Princes Street, Auckland (1889) (now a façade) Northcote Hotel, Auckland (1889) (now Northcote Tavern) St Paul's Anglican Church, Symonds Street, Auckland (1894–1895) St James' Union Church, Thames (1897)