Historical information

William and Emma Osmond with two small children arrived in Belfast in 1852 as assisted
migrants assigned to R. H. Woodward . Two years later William was rated for a two room stone house in William street. By 1868 William Osmond was in business as a Butcher and was the holder of a Beer and Colonial wine license for his home which now numbered eight rooms. The license having been granted he opened the Volunteer Arms there, which he operated for two years whilst he had built, the two storied stone building next door, to take advantage of the fact that a livestock sale yards was operating on the opposite
side of William street, hence the name Market Inn.

William died in 1876 and his sons continued to run the hotel until 1916, when the
building was sold and the license transferred to Harold Revell, a retired farmer. The
license was revoked in 1918. and the building became a private dwelling .

The building is still standing although the market for which it was named is long gone.
It is now a private home and Art Gallery.
the 4 people in the photograph are probably the Osmond sons

Significance

Photograph of an earlier time when a verandah existed on the front and the butcher shop was attached

Physical description

Black and white photograph 2 photos exposed together