Basic Site Details
| Name: | Plaza Cinema |
| Town, district or village: | Hilltown |
| City or county: | Dundee |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | Demolished |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | A new picture theatre is being erected at Hilltown and Messrs MacLaren, Soutar & Salmond 15 South Tay-street are the architects. [Builder 11 February 1927 Page 264] The new picture theatre to be built at Hilltown is to be a larger building than originally anticipated. The architects are Messrs MacLaren, Soutar & Salmond 15 South Tay-street.[Builder 11 March 1927] |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Cinema | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1927 | Build/construction | ||
| 28 May 1928 | Opened | ||
People
Design and Construction
| The 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 | |
| Andrew Graham Patrick | A | 1927 | |||
| Charles Geddes Soutar | A | 1927 | |||
| Maclaren Soutar Salmond | A | 1927 | |||
| William Salmond | A | 1927 | |||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| SCVT | |
References
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Builder | 11 February 1927 | p264 | ||
| Builder | 11 March 1927 | |||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Courtesy of Neil Darlington | Information sent via DSA website | Sent June 2009 | |