Basic Site Details Name: | John Blair & Co Warehouse and Shops | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Cooper's Building | Yes | Later grocery owner. |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 17-19, Dixon Street | Yes | | | 32-38, Howard Street | Yes | | | St Enoch Square | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | c. 1851 | c. 1852 | | Original design--not built | | 1853 | | Construction | Different design | | 1901 | | | Survey made | | 1966 | | Demolition | |
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 Thomson | | A | c. 1851 | 1853 | | | Baird & Thomson | | A | c. 1851 | 1853 | | | John Baird the Second | | A | c. 1851 | 1853 | | | John Nisbet | | | 1901 | | Survey drawings |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Blair, John - hat manufacturer | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Alexander 'Greek' Thomson Architect 1817-1875 | 1984 | Alexander 'Greek' Thomson Architect 1817-1875 | | Architectural Association Exhibition Catalogue, London, 1984 | | | Glasgow of Today: The Metropolis of the North | 1888 | Glasgow of Today: The Metropolis of the North | | London, 1888 | p125, Illustration | | Gomme, Andor and Walker, David | 1987 | Architecture of Glasgow | Second revised edn | London: Lund Humphries | | | Hitchcock, Henry-Russell | 1951 | Early Cast-Iron Facades | cix, February 1951 | Architectural review | Original design | | Law, Graham | 1954 | Greek Thomson | cxv, May 1954 | Architectural Review, May 1954 (Publication of 1960 Cambridge dissertation, original at NMRS) | Illustration of original design | | McFadzean, Ronald | 1979 | The Life and Work of Alexander Thomson | | London: Routledge & Kegan Paul | Illustration of original design | | Stamp, Gavin | 1999 | Alexander Thomson: The Unknown Genius | | London: Lawrence King, in association with Glasgow 1999 | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Alexander Thomson Society Newsletter | January 1998 | no 20 | | by Domenic d'Angelo |
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 | | | | Mitchell Library | Glasgow City Archives | | Survey drawings by John Nisbet (1901) and James Bunyan (1951) | | Mitchell Library, Glasgow | Drawings Collection | | Two elevations of original proposed design |
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