Basic Biographical Details | Name: | McKellar & McKellar | | Designation: | | | Born: | 1894 | | Died: | 1896 | | Bio Notes: | John Campbell McKellar was born in Glasgow on 1 November 1859, the son of Robert McKellar, bleacher, dyer and property speculator of Newlandsfields, Pollokshaws, and Janet McNeilage. He was educated at Queen's Park Collegiate School and articled to James Milne Monro in 1875, remaining as an assistant. In 1881 to 1882 he spent a year as assistant to Frank Burnet to gain experience in the building of tenement housing. Early in 1883 he established his own practice in West George Street and in 1884 took on house factoring and property management as well. At first the practice consisted mainly of industrial work and alterations to tenements but from 1888, presumably with family capital, he began to build tenements speculatively. These tenements were mainly concentrated in Crossmyloof and in the Kelvinside-Maryhill area where his father had already laid out Bilsland Drive. David Barclay in McKellar's FRIBA nomination paper of 3 December 1906, for which his other proposers were James Milne Monro, Henry Edward Clifford and C J MacLean, stated that McKellar had 'designed successfully a large proportion of the street properties of shops and dwelling houses in the extension of the City of Glasgow'.
In 1894 McKellar entered into partnership with the house-factor John McKellar, presumably a relative and formerly of Robert Stobo and Co., who had considerable property holdings of his own. But in 1896 McKellar and McKellar was dissolved; John Campbell McKellar then formed a limited liability company John C McKellar Ltd with a capital of £40,000, which held the 33 tenements McKellar had retained out of the 89 he had built. | Private and Business Addresses| The following private or business addresses are associated with this : | | | Address | Type | Date from | Date to | Notes |  | 112, Bath Street, Glasgow, Scotland | Business | 1894 | 1896 | |
Employment and TrainingEmployees or Pupils| The following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details): | | | Name | Date from | Date to | Position | Notes | | John Campbell McKellar | 1894 | 1896 | Partner | | | John McKellar | 1894 | 1896 | Partner | |
ReferencesBibliographic References| The following books contain references to this : | | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Post Office Directories | | | | | Directory for 1894-1895 |
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