Basic Biographical Details Name: | Young & Meldrum | Designation: | | Born: | c. 1870 | Died: | 1882 | Bio Notes: | John Young was born in Perth on 27 March 1826, the son of a Perth civil engineer. He appears to have been a pupil of George Penrose Kennedy as he named his architect son after him. He took over his father's practice and extended it to architecture some time before 1868.
Young married Catherine Mill Meldrum. In or about 1870 he took into partnership her cousin, Andrew Mackie Meldrum, from Dundee: he had probably been a pupil. A Dundee office was opened for Meldrum which was initially reasonably successful but the practice over-reached itself in promoting the Queen's Hotel in Nethergate, Dundee, a speculation based on information from the District Engineer's Office in Perth that the new Caledonian Station would be sited immediately to the south of it. Because of over-commitment on the Glasgow Central Station project and the failure of the City of Glasgow Bank, the Dundee station did not proceed at that time while the subsequent severe recession affected trading. The partnership was dissolved in 1882, Meldrum joining the family firm of waterproof, India rubber, umbrella and bag manufacturers at 13, 15 Reform Street. Meldrum never practised architecture again. | Private and Business AddressesThe following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes | | Perth, Perthshire, Scotland | Business | | | Young's office | | 7, Ward Road, Dundee, Scotland | Business | July 1870 | August 1875 | Meldrum's office | | 41, Reform Street, Dundee, Scotland | Business | August 1875 | 1878 | |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this : | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Post Office Directories | | | | | | | RCAHMS | 1992 | Dundee on Record | | RCAHMS | Queen's Hotel; design by Young and Meldrum for North elevation (1875) p48 |
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 | | Information from Mr Meldrum of D M Meldrum & Co, c.1952 |
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