Larger versions of these images are located at the foot of the page. Basic Site Details Name: | Sir John Wilson Town Hall | Town, district or village: | Airdrie | City or county: | Lanarkshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Estimated cost (in James Thomson Junior's LRIBA nomination papers): £9,000. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | Airdrie Town Hall | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Town hall | Yes | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | Sir John Wilson Town Hall, Stirling Street | Yes | |
EventsThe 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.
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 |  | 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. |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe 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 ReferencesThe 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 ReferencesThe 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 |