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 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 |  | Campbell Douglas | Architect, Valuer | B | 1870 | 1874 | Begun by Campbell Douglas alone, completed by Campbell Douglas & Sellars |  | A & G Thomson | Architectural practice | A | Before 1870 | | New doorcase and railings on first building at this site; demolished c.1870 |  | Alexander Thomson | Architect | A | Before 1870 | | New doorcase and railings on first building at this site; demolished c.1870 |  | Campbell Douglas & Sellars | Architectural practice | B | 1872 | 1874 | Begun by Campbell Douglas alone, completed by Campbell Douglas & Sellars |  | James Sellars | Architect, Valuer | B | 1872 | 1874 | Begun by Campbell Douglas alone, completed by Campbell Douglas & Sellars |  | Burnet, Boston & Carruthers | Architectural practice | C | 1903 | 1906 | Top floor added |  | Frank Burnet | Architect | C | 1903 | 1906 | Top floor added |  | James Carruthers | Architect | C | 1903 | 1906 | Top floor added |  | William James Boston | Architect | C | 1903 | 1906 | Top floor added |  | George Washington Browne | Architect | D | 1904 | | Alterations |  | John More Dick Peddie | Architect | D | 1904 | | Alterations |  | Peddie & Washington Browne | Architectural practice | D | 1904 | | Alterations |
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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