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Hatrack, Glasgow Hat Rack Architect: Scottish Buildings
The Hat Rack Glasgow 142a - 144 St Vincent St, 1899-1900/02; refurbishment 1990 ![]() building image © adrian welch Radical for its time, old red sandstone facade with plenty of glass & wrought iron. The practice are also well know for their Lion Chambers, Hope St. Architects - Dates: James Salmon I (1825-88) WF Salmon (1843-1911) James Salmon II (1873-1924) J G Gillespie (1870-1926) Practice Background: Founded by James Salmon I. The firm passed to his son, William Forrest Salmon then to his grandson James Salmon II and their former assistant John Gaff Gillespie in 1898. James Salmon II is probably the best known of the various architects involved in this practice over the years. After Rennie Mackintosh they are the city's best known 'Glasgow Style' architects and designers. Their most famous building is surely The Hat Rack, St Vincent St. At Lion Chambers, they pioneered the use of reinforced concrete. The successors to the practice were Gillespie Kidd & Coia, who went on to become Scotland's most respected architects of their generation. J Salmon & Son - Glasgow Buildings: Corinthian Club, Former Union Bank of Scotland, 191 Ingram St, Merchant City 1841-3 J Salmon I & J Burnet Former Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, now Langside College, 56 Prospecthill Rd, Mount Florida 1866-8 Salmon, Son & Ritchie Architects Former Scottish Temperance League Building, 106-8 Hope St 1893-4 Salmon, Son & Gillespie Architects Former British Linen Company Bank, 215 High St, Townhead 1895 Salmon, Son & Gillespie Architects Mercantile Chambers, 35-69 Bothwell St 1897-8 Former British Linen Company Bank, 816-18 Govan Rd, Govan 1897-1900 Salmon, Son & Gillespie Former Anderston Savings Bank, 752-6 Argyle St, Anderston 1899-1902 J Salmon II with JG Gillespie Former British Linen Company Bank, 162-70 Gorbals St, Gorbals 1900 J Salmon II Lion Chambers, 170-2 Hope St 1905-7 Salmon, Son & Gillespie Architects St Andrew's East Church: Church Hall, Alexandra Parade 1899 Historic Glasgow incl. Charles Rennie Mackintosh + Alexander Greek Thomson Scottish Architecture: best scottish buildings of the last three decades Buildings in Glasgow: best glasgow buildings of the last three decades Architecture Books Alexander Thomson Scottish Castles in Edinburgh & Lothian Glasgow Walking Tours Glasgow : back to index |