Architects

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James Carruthers

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01/06/1872

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26/11/1952

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James Carruthers was born at 17 Eglinton Place, Glasgow on 6 January 1872, the son of Robert Carruthers, cabinetmaker and his wife Jeanie or Jane Kirkland who came from Mauchline. He was articled to the prolific tenement firm of Burnet & Boston in 1886, studying at Glasgow School of Art. He remained with the same practice after completing his apprenticeship, and much of the firm's design work fell to him, which he executed in a manner influenced by John James Burnet and partner John Archibald Campbell.

Carruthers became a partner in 1901, but in 1907-8 a sudden decline in the volume of business seems to have brought about his leaving to set up practice on his own account at 147 Bath Street. He was elected LRIBA in the mass intake of 20 July 1911, proposed by John Bennie Wilson and the Glasgow Institute of Architects. By this time his travels had taken him to France, Italy, Canada and the USA, but his practice must have been at a low ebb as he was working from his home address at 16 Grantley Gardens in 1914.

Carruthers' practice recovered significantly in the 1920s and 1930s. In April 1928 he married Jeanie Aitkenhead at 335 Albert Drive, Pollokshields.

He died at his home, Earlcliffe, 1396 Pollokshaws Road on 26 November 1952.

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

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Address	Class	Date From Char	Date From Type	Date To Char	Date To Type	Notes
227 Eglinton Street Glasgow Scotland	Private
16 Grantley Gardens Glasgow Scotland	Private

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Address	Class	Date From	Date To
180 Hope Street Glasgow Scotland	Business	1901	1908
147 Bath Street Glasgow Scotland	Business	Before 1910	After 1911
209 St Vincent Street Glasgow Scotland	Business	Before 1915	After 1939\|1940
Earlcliffe/1396 Pollokshaws Road Glasgow Scotland	Business	Before 1949	1952

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

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Name	Name Link	Date From	Date To	Position
Frank Burnet & Boston	100237	In year 1886	c. 1890	Apprentice
Burnet, Boston & Carruthers	100240	In year 1901	1907 or 1908	Partner
Frank Burnet & Boston	100237	c. 1890	In year 1901	Assistant

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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	Notes
Duncan Macpherson Hunter	206260	In year 1918	Before 1920	Assistant
James Taylor Gray	404049	In year 1919	In year 1923	Apprentice
Elizabeth Spittal (Mrs Edmonds)	400728	In year 1937	In year 1938	Assistant	Office experience for two years in between studies

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The following individuals proposed this person for RIBA membership (click on an item to view details):

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Proposer	Proposer Link	Date Proposed	Notes
John Bennie Wilson	201479	1911/07/20	for Licentiateship - as President of the Glasgow Institute of Architects

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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
Castle Chambers and Palace Restaurant	In year 1898		Glasgow	Scotland	Mainly responsible for design - as assistant to Frank Burnet & Boston
F & J Smith Tobacco Factory	After 1898		Glasgow	Scotland	Probably involved, as assistant to Burnet & Boston, but may be by James Ritchie
Paxtons Hotel	c. 1898		Glasgow	Scotland	As assistant or possibly partner to Burnet & Boston
Tenements for Glasgow City Improvement Trust, High Street	In year 1900		Glasgow	Scotland	As assistant to Burnet & Boston
Royal Bank of Scotland branch office and business premises	In year 1900		Glasgow	Scotland	Carruthers mainly responsible for design
St George's Mansions	In year 1900		Glasgow	Scotland
Wesleyan Methodist Church	After 1900	Barrhead	Renfrewshire	Scotland
Redholme	After 1900	Pollokshields/Dumbreck	Glasgow	Scotland	Addition?
Tenement, Parkhead Cross	In year 1901		Glasgow	Scotland
Warehouse, Dunlop Street and Howard Street	In year 1901		Glasgow	Scotland
Summerlee Iron Company's Building	After 1901		Glasgow	Scotland
Parkholm Bakery	In year 1902		Glasgow	Scotland
Smithstone	In year 1902	Kilwinning	Ayrshire	Scotland	Addition
Herriot Hill Printing Works	In year 1902		Glasgow	Scotland	Additions on St James Road (Â£3,500)
Business Premises, corner of West Nile Street and Drury Street (South cornner)	In year 1902		Glasgow	Scotland

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher
Who's Who in Architecture		1914
Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A	A History of Scottish Architecture	1996
www.glasgowsculpture.com	www.glasgowsculpture.com	2005	Website of 'Glasgow - City of Scultpure', co-produced by Gary Nisbet and Tim Gardner
RIBA	The RIBA Kalendar 1950-1951	1950	London: Royal Institute of British Architects

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The following archives hold material relating to this person:

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Archive Name	Source	Source Cat No	Building Id	Item Name	Notes
Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material	Professor David M Walker personal archive	100041			Research by Iain Paterson
RIBA Nomination Papers	RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum	100005			L v16 no1173

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