Basic Site Details Name: | City Improvement Trust Buildings, High Street and Bell Street | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | Bow's Emporium | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Shop | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | 59-83, Bell Street | Yes | |  | 61-65, High Street | Yes | North corner |  | 6, Walls Street | Yes | Known as 59 Bell Street |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1889 | 1890 | | Original building |  | 1903 | | | Mansard attic, extensive alterations |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes |  | Alexander Beith McDonald | Architect | B | 1889 | 1890 | Original building with John Carrick |  | John Carrick | Architect | B | 1889 | 1890 | Original building -with A B McDonald, as City Engineer |  | Burnet, Boston & Carruthers | Architectural practice | A | 1903 | | Mansard attic, extensive alterations |  | Frank Burnet | Architect | A | 1903 | | Mansard attic, extensive alterations |  | Gilbert McGarva | Architect | A | 1903 | | Probably involved in extensive alterations and addition of mansard attic, as assistant to Burnet Boston & Carruthers |  | James Carruthers | Architect | A | 1903 | | Mansard attic, extensive alterations |  | William James Boston | Architect | A | 1903 | | Mansard attic, extensive alterations |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Glasgow City Improvement Trust | For 1889-90 work |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Stratten and Stratten | 1891 | Glasgow and its environs: a literary, commercial & social review past & present… | | London, Stratten & Stratten | p209 |  | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p180 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 32621 | |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 32719 | |  | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | Gilbert McGarva: L v14 no996 |  | Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | | 2/2064 |
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