Erection of Town Hall
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TitleErection of Town Hall
ReferenceBK/19/4
Date1901-1907
Scope and ContentMissing 2007.
Contained:
0) Report by Councillors William Douglas and M.N. Honeyman as to providing municipal buildings and a public hall for the burgh. (1 item) 1901
1) Conditions of competition for plans for the erection of town halls, municipal offices, and police buildings in Kirkintilloch. (1 item) 1904
2) List of subscriptions to the public hall fund. (1 item)
3) Weekly reports, by John Shanks, Clerk of Works, on progress of works at Kirkintilloch Town Hall. (41 items) Sept 1905-June 1906
4) Various papers detailing the rates and capacities of public halls in adjacent burghs. (10 items)
5) Duties of the Public Hall Keeper and Victoria Park (Peel Park) Ranger. (3 items) 1907
Contained:
0) Report by Councillors William Douglas and M.N. Honeyman as to providing municipal buildings and a public hall for the burgh. (1 item) 1901
1) Conditions of competition for plans for the erection of town halls, municipal offices, and police buildings in Kirkintilloch. (1 item) 1904
2) List of subscriptions to the public hall fund. (1 item)
3) Weekly reports, by John Shanks, Clerk of Works, on progress of works at Kirkintilloch Town Hall. (41 items) Sept 1905-June 1906
4) Various papers detailing the rates and capacities of public halls in adjacent burghs. (10 items)
5) Duties of the Public Hall Keeper and Victoria Park (Peel Park) Ranger. (3 items) 1907
Extent57 items
Archival historyTentative plans for a new town hall were first discussed in 1898. By 1900, efforts were being made to find a suitable site, and a bequest of £1000 from a Mr William Watson MacKay provided initial finances. In 1903, it was agreed to purchase properties in Union St. and Cowgate at a cost of £1600, where the hall was to be built. More than 60 architects indicated a willingness to submit plans for the new building, and Messrs Walker & Ramsay of Glasgow were selected as final "winners". Building costs were estimated at £8460, forcing the borrowing of money to cover the additional cost. The memorial stone was laid with Masonic honours in 1905, and both gas and electric light fittings were installed in the same year, before the opening on September 4th 1906. The Horticultural Society were the first to inhabit the new hall.
SubjectMunicipal Buildings, Halls
Level of descriptionseries
Repository nameEast Dunbartonshire Archives - Kirkintilloch