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Basic Site Details
| Name: | Sir John Wilson Town Hall |
| Town, district or village: | Airdrie |
| City or county: | Lanarkshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | B Listed |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | Estimated cost (in James Thomson Junior's LRIBA nomination papers): £9,000. |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Airdrie Town Hall | Yes | |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
| Town hall | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| Stirling Street | Yes | |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| Before 1911 | 1912 | ||
| 15 February 1952 * | Restoration | Proposed restoration at estimated cost of £30,000 - decision was pending on Scottish Home Office, since plans were also submitted for NEW town halls, with police buildings, at a cost of £50,000 | |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
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 | |
| Andrew Danskine Aitken | Architect | 1910 | Competition design - placed third | ||
| Alexander Houston Thomson | Architect | A | 1910 | 1912 | Won competition to secure job |
| James Thomson & Sons | Architectural practice | A | 1910 | 1912 | Won competition to secure job |
| James Thomson (junior) | Architect | A | 1910 | 1912 | Won competition to secure job |
| John Thomson | Architect | A | 1910 | 1912 | Won competition to secure job |
| George Arthur & Son | Architectural practice | B | 1910 | Competition design - placed second as results given in Building News | |
| John Maurice Arthur | Architect | B | 1910 | Competition design - placed second (Cunningham states 'G Arthur' - presumably John Maurice Arthur as George Arthur & Son as George Arthur himself was dead by then) | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Cunningham, Colin | 1981 | Victorian and Edwardian Town Halls | London: Routledge & Kegan Paul | Appendix II: Competition Statistics | |
| Peden, Allan | 1992 | The Monklands: an illustrated architectural guide | RIAS | p9 | |
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Building News | 18 November 1910 | p740 - competition results | ||
| RIBA Journal | 9 April 1921 | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | Obituary of James Junior | |
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Historic Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 20947 | |
| Professor David M Walker personal archive | Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material | Information from Dr Philip McWilliams(extracted from local newspaper, 30 March 1912) | |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | Alexander Houston Thomson: L v26 no2116; James Thomson Junior: L v21 no1621 | |