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Basic Site Details

Alternative Names

The following alternative names are associated with this building/design:
	Name	Current name?	Notes
	Courier Place

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	Commercial office

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
	Address	Main entrance?	Notes
	2, Courier Place	Yes
	Euclid Crescent	Yes
	22, Meadowside	Yes
	Ward Road	Yes

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	1898		Proposed	Site of fomer post office acquired
	1901	1902		Plans submitted to Dean of Guild and approved.
	March 1904		Contracts advertised	Construction begun that year.
	1905		Design exhibited
	1905	1906		Building nearing completion
	25 June 1906		Completion	Building fully operational
	1960			Tower added by T Lindsay Gray

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
	David Barclay Niven	Architect	A	1901	1906
	Herbert Hardy Wigglesworth	Architect	A	1901	1906
	Niven & Wigglesworth	Architectural practice	A	1901	1906
	Thomas Lindsay Gray	Architect		1960		Addition of tower

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
	Name	Notes
	Thomson, D C and Co

Related Buildings, Structures and Designs

Parent Structure and Site

This structure is related to the following parent structure or site (click the item to view details):
	Building name	Notes
	Dundee Post Office	This is a different Post Office from the General Post Office by Matheson (see separate entry), which was demolished and replaced by Niven & Wigglesworth's Courier Building.

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Academy Architecture	1905		part 1		p29
	Gifford, John	2012	The Buildings of Scotland: Angus and Dundee		Yale	p137-8
	McKean, Charles and Walker, David	1993	Dundee: An Illustrated Architectural Guide	Revised Edition	Edinburgh: RIAS	pp44-45
	Mouchel, L G and Partners	1909	Hennebique Ferro Concrete			p48
	RCAHMS	1992	Dundee on Record		RCAHMS	Courier Building Extension: view from SW during construction (1960) p65
	RIBA	1975	RIBA Directory of practices
	Royal Academy exhibitors					1905, no 1631
	Thomson, D C & Co	1906	The Pageant of the Press		D C Thomson & Co

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	British Architect	4 March 1904			pviii
	Builders Journal and Architectural Engineer	24 May 1905	21		After page 282

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		Additional information sent August 2009
	Dundee Planning Department/NMRS	Dundee Approved Duplicate Plans (Originals in NMRS for dates 1867-1883; otherwise on microfilm)		Book 42, pp191-200
	Historic Environment Scotland	Listed Buildings Register	25339
	John Gifford	Information coutesy of John Gifford

Images

© All rights reserved. Builders Journal and Architectural Engineer 24 May 1905, after p282