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Basic Site Details

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	Yes

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
	Address	Main entrance?	Notes
	Sir John Wilson Town Hall, Stirling Street	Yes

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	1910		Competition results announced
	1912		Build/construction
	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
	2008		Alterations and additions

* 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)
	Austin-Smith: Lord			2008		Refurbishment and addition to East.

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Close, Rob, Gifford, John & Walker, Frank Arneil	2016	The Buildings of Scotland: Lanarkshire & Renfrewshire		New Haven and London: Yale University Press	p.107
	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
	Building News	5 January 1912	102		p13
	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
	Courtesy of Robert Hill, Canada	Information sent to Dictionary		Sent July 2014
	Historic Environment 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

Images

© All rights reserved. The Building News [London], Vol. 102, 5 January 1912, page 13