Architects

Name:

John Mercer

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Architect - Engineer

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06/03/1926

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1842

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09/03/1893

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John Mercer was born in 1842, the son of John Mercer, an engine driver, and his wife Wilhilminie [sic] and was originally trained as a civil engineer with the Glasgow & South Western Railway. He is described in 1861 as an 'assistant civil engineer'. He commenced practice as both civil engineer and architect in Ayr in 1872 and was Burgh Surveyor of Ayr from 1879 until 1889 when he was succeeded in the post by his chief assistant John Eaglesham.

Mercer married twice, his first wife Jane Buist, mother of his architect son Andrew Lamb Mercer, having died on 20 February 1885. His other son John Buist Mercer had died aged six on 10 May 1882. Mercer himself died on 3 September 1893, leaving moveable estate of £2,268 18s. He was buried in Ayr Cemetery.

'Biography authored by the Dictionary of Scottish Architects Compilation Team.'

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The following private or business addresses are associated with this person:

Private Addresses2 classic

Address	Class	Notes
Mercers Lane Peebles Street Newton-upon-Ayr Ayrshire Scotland	Private	Parental home
29 Barns Street Ayr Ayrshire Scotland	Private
Sandgate Street Ayr Ayrshire Scotland	Private/business
Ayr Ayrshire Scotland	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date From Type	Date To	Date To Type	Notes
Sandgate Street Ayr Ayrshire Scotland	Private/business	1888

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The following individuals were employed or trained by this person (click on an item to view details):

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Name	Name Link	Date From	Date To	Position
John Eaglesham	200970	1871/11/01	c. 1876	Apprentice
James Kennedy Hunter	200109	1880/08	1883/05	Apprentice
John Arthur	100051	In year 1882	In year 1889	Apprentice
John Eaglesham	200970	c. 1876	Before 1881	Chief Assistant

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This person was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):

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Building Name	Date Started	Town, District or Village	City or County	Country	Notes
Wallacetown Board School	In year 1873	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland
Board School and adjacent houses	In year 1873	Tarbolton	Ayrshire	Scotland
School, Green Street	In year 1874	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland
School and schoolmaster's house	In year 1877	Straiton	Ayrshire	Scotland
UP Church	In year 1879	Prestwick	Ayrshire	Scotland
Corner tenement, High Street	In year 1880	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland
88-98 High Street	In year 1883	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland
162-170 High Street	In year 1885	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland
Wallace Tower	In year 1886	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland	Shops in extension (Wallace Tower Halls)
Mission Hall	After 1887	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland	Completed the job
Coachworks, 6 Cathcart Street	In year 1890	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland
St Nicholas Golf Course clubhouse	In year 1892	Prestwick	Ayrshire	Scotland
St Margaret's RC Church	In year 1977	Ayr	Ayrshire	Scotland	Executant architect for Goldie & Child. Addition of short transepts with round windows

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher	Notes
Luxton, Donald (ed.)	Building the West: the early architects of British Columbia	2003	Vancouver: Talon Books	p311
Scotlands People Website	Wills & Testaments			Ayr Sheriff Court Inventories SC6/44/56
Close, Robert	Ayrshire and Arran, an Illustrated Architectural Guide	1992	Edinburgh: RIAS	pp10 etc

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