Basic Site Details Name: | Tenements on Turriff Street and Eglinton Street | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Largely demolished | Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 281-323, Eglinton Street | | Original numbering | | 433-491, Eglinton Street | Yes | | | Gourock Street | Yes | | | Turriff Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | c. 1857 | c. 1859 | | | | c. 1876 | | Demolition | Partial, for the extension of Caledonian Railway | | c. 1970(?) | | 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 | | A & G Thomson | | A | c. 1857 | c. 1859 | | | Alexander Thomson | | A | c. 1857 | c. 1859 | | | George Thomson | | A | c. 1857 | c. 1859 | |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Brodie, James, mill manager | Third stage | | Findlay, John, mason | First stage | | McIntyre, John, Stevenson, William and Baird, De Hort | Forth stage | | Robertson, James, insurance agent | Second stage |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Fortune, T G W | 1966 | Dissertation on Alexander Thomson | | University of Strathclyde Department of Architecture Dissertation | | | Gomme, Andor and Walker, David | 1987 | Architecture of Glasgow | Second revised edn | London: Lund Humphries | | | Miller, Iain B | 1980 | Three Thomson Tenements | | Mackintosh School of Architecture Dissertation, in Glasgow School of Art Library | | | Moss, Michael and Hume, John | 1975 | Glasgow as it Was | | Glasgow 1975 | volii | | Stamp, Gavin | 1999 | Alexander Thomson: The Unknown Genius | | London: Lawrence King, in association with Glasgow 1999 | |
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 | | |
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