Basic Biographical Details Name: | Andrew Rennie Crawford | Designation: | | Born: | 10 April 1874 | Died: | 28 July 1933 | Bio Notes: | Andrew Rennie Crawford was born on 16 April 1874 at 11 Callender Place, Govanhill, the son of Robert Nicholson Crawford and his wife Jeannie Rennie. He served his apprenticeship with David Thomson of Glasgow from August 1889, attending the Glasgow School of Art and the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College under Professors Rait, Rourdon and Gourlay and art masters Smith, Griffen, Dunlop and King. He commenced independent practice in Glasgow in 1896, seemingly initially in partnership with his father, but soon thereafter practising on his own in West Nile Street.
Around 1903 he took David Veitch into partnership, a branch office being opened at 50 Templehill, Troon. Veitch married Crawford's sister Janet at Dixon Hall, Cathcart Road, Govanhill on 22 December 1908. A R Crawford & Veitch were architects to the Burgh of Cathcart, an appointment which ended when Cathcart became part of Glasgow in the boundary extensions of 1912. The practice appears to have closed thereafter: its business had mainly been tenements, the building of which had been brought to an abrupt close by the Finance Act of 1909.
Crawford was elected LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, his proposers being Robert William Horn, George Sinclair and John Fairweather. Sometime thereafter he obtained the appointment of chief valuer in Glasgow City Assessor's Department, a post he held for seventeen years until his death from arterio sclerosis on 28 July 1933 at 23 Rhannan Road, Glasgow. He was buried at Cathcart and was survived by his wife Jane or Jeanie Orr, whom he had married on 23 June 1899. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | 295, Crown Street, Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1890 * | | | | 132, West Nile Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | Before 1896 | 1897 or 1898 | | | 7, Kenmure Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1897 * | | | | 101, West Nile Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1897 or 1898 | After 1911 | | | Markunda Villa, Cathcart, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1899 * | | | | Sir James Thomson Drive, Parkhead, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1899 or 1900 * | | | | 12, Queen's Crescent, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1901 or 1902 * | | | | 24, Queen's Crescent, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1904 or 1905 * | | | | 20, Queen's Crescent, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1907 or 1908 * | | | | Eldric, St James Road, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1909 or 1910 * | | | | 20, Queen's Crescent, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1910 or 1911 * | | | | 16, Queen's Crescent, Cathcart, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1911 * | | | | 65, Clarkston Road, Cathcart, Glasgow, Scotland | Private | 1914 * | | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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RIBARIBA ProposersThe following individuals proposed this for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details): | | Name | Date proposed | Notes | | John Fairweather | 20 July 1911 | for Licentiateship | | Robert William Horn | 20 July 1911 | for Licentiateship | | George Sinclair | 20 July 1911 | for Licentiateship |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Post Office Directories | | | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this : | | Source | Archive Name | Source Catalogue No. | Notes | | Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | | Research by Iain Paterson | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | L v17 no1202 |
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