Basic Site Details Name: | Scottish Amicable Building | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Conflict of information - 'Buildings of Scotland' states that Burnet & Boston added the top floor but DPM catalogue suggests Peddie & Washington Browne made a design for it. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Office | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 31-39, St Vincent Place | Yes | | | St Vincent Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | Before 1870 | | | New doorcase and railings on first building on site; removed c.1870 | | 1872 | 1874 | | New building | | 1903 | 1906 | | Top floor added |
PeopleDesign and Construction
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Gildard, Thomas | 1888 | Greek Thomson | | Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow, xix (30 January 1888), pp191-209 | | | Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts | 1873 | | | | 664 | | RSA | 1874 | | | | 698 | | Stamp, Gavin | 1999 | Alexander Thomson: The Unknown Genius | | London: Lawrence King, in association with Glasgow 1999 | | | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p233 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building News | 19 September 1873 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Glasgow City Archives | Frank Worsdall's Collection on Greek Thomson, including job list and photograph list | | For Thomson work on previous building | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 32837 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Dick Peddie and McKay Collection | | DPM 1900/61/1 |
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