Basic Site Details Name: | Egyptian Halls | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Shop | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | 84-100, Union Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1870 | 1872 | | |
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 | Architectural practice | A | 1870 | 1872 | |  | Alexander Thomson | Architect | A | 1870 | 1872 | |  | George Thomson | Architect | A | 1870 | 1872 | |  | A & G Thomson | Architectural practice | B | c. 1872 | | Six cast-iron lamp standards, cast by the saracen Foundry of Walter Macfarlane & Co, Glasgow - since removed |  | Alexander Thomson | Architect | B | c. 1872 | | Six cast-iron lamp standards, cast by the saracen Foundry of Walter Macfarlane & Co, Glasgow - since removed |  | George Thomson | Architect | B | c. 1872 | | Six cast-iron lamp standards, cast by the saracen Foundry of Walter Macfarlane & Co, Glasgow - since removed |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Robertson, James Henderson - iron manufacturer | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | APSD | | The Dictionary of Architecture | ed Wyatt Papworth | The Architectural Publication Society (8v 1852-1892) | |  | Gildard, Thomas | 1888 | Greek Thomson | | Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow, xix (30 January 1888), pp191-209 | |  | Illustrated Catalogue of Macfarlane's Castings | 1882 | Illustrated Catalogue of Macfarlane's Castings | | Glasgow 1882 | |  | McFadzean, Ronald | 1979 | The Life and Work of Alexander Thomson | | London: Routledge & Kegan Paul | |  | Nicholson, Jane or Thomson, Amelia | | Memoir of Alexander Thomson | | Written for Alexander Thomson Memorial | |  | Stamp, Gavin | 1999 | Alexander Thomson: The Unknown Genius | | London: Lawrence King, in association with Glasgow 1999 | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Architect | 13 July 1872 | | | |  | Builder | 11 December 1924 | CXXVII | | Malcolm Stark, 'The Work of Alexander Thomson' |  | Building News | 19 May 1871 | | | |  | Building News | 16 April 1875 | | | Commentary by J Moyr Smith |  | Glasgow Herald | 3 April 1874 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Glasgow Institute of Architects | Biographical sketch and job list of Greek Thomson by Rev John Stark, 1879 | | |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33208 | 84-100 (Even Nos) Union Street |  | Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | | 31 March 1870 |
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