Basic Site Details

Alternative Names

The following alternative names are associated with this building/design:
	Name	Current name?	Notes
	Cooper's Building	Yes	Later grocery owner.

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
	Address	Main entrance?	Notes
	17-19, Dixon Street	Yes
	32-38, Howard Street	Yes
	St Enoch Square	Yes

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	c. 1851	c. 1852		Original design--not built
	1853		Construction	Different design
	1901			Survey made
	1966		Demolition

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
	Alexander Thomson	Architect	A	c. 1851	1853
	Baird & Thomson	Architectural practice	A	c. 1851	1853
	John Baird the Second	Architect	A	c. 1851	1853
	John Nisbet	Architect		1901		Survey drawings

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
	Name	Notes
	Blair, John - hat manufacturer

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Alexander 'Greek' Thomson Architect 1817-1875	1984	Alexander 'Greek' Thomson Architect 1817-1875		Architectural Association Exhibition Catalogue, London, 1984
	Glasgow of Today: The Metropolis of the North	1888	Glasgow of Today: The Metropolis of the North		London, 1888	p125, Illustration
	Gomme, Andor and Walker, David	1987	Architecture of Glasgow	Second revised edn	London: Lund Humphries
	Hitchcock, Henry-Russell	1951	Early Cast-Iron Facades	cix, February 1951	Architectural review	Original design
	Law, Graham	1954	Greek Thomson	cxv, May 1954	Architectural Review, May 1954 (Publication of 1960 Cambridge dissertation, original at NMRS)	Illustration of original design
	McFadzean, Ronald	1979	The Life and Work of Alexander Thomson		London: Routledge & Kegan Paul	Illustration of original design
	Stamp, Gavin	1999	Alexander Thomson: The Unknown Genius		London: Lawrence King, in association with Glasgow 1999

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Alexander Thomson Society Newsletter	January 1998	no 20		by Domenic d'Angelo

Archive References

The 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
	Mitchell Library	Glasgow City Archives		Survey drawings by John Nisbet (1901) and James Bunyan (1951)
	Mitchell Library, Glasgow	Drawings Collection		Two elevations of original proposed design