Hall and Mechanics' Institute which was opened by Samuel Smiles in 1851 as an alternative to local pubs for socialising. It cost £900 and is of red bricks with yellow sandstone details. Over the years it has been used for various purposes. It is now used as Holborn Church. Location grid Notable people The suffragette, socialist and trade unionist Mary Gawthorpe was born in Woodhouse in 1881. Alice Mann, the radical printer and bookseller had moved to a house on St Mark's Terrace by 1851. The author and reformer Samuel Smiles moved to live on Woodhouse Cliff in 1847. He was the first president of the Woodhouse Mechanics Institution. See also Listed buildings in Leeds (Hyde Park and Woodhouse) References External links YEP Woodhouse Today Community Website Quarry Mount primary school BBC Club Leodis archive of Leeds example search: location: Woodhouse and term: Institution Street (now Holborn Approach) Places in Leeds