James Salmon Architect, The Hatrack Glasgow Photo, Scottish Architectural Project, Lion Chambers Scotland
Building by James Salmon II
Hat Rack Architect : Scottish Buildings – Architecture Practice Scotland
The Hat Rack Glasgow
142a – 144 St Vincent St, 1899-1900/02; refurbishment 1990
building image © Adrian Welch
James Salmon Architect
The Hat Rack building on St Vincent Street was radical for its time. This delightful, baroque property features an old red sandstone facade with plenty of glass & wrought iron.
This former Scottish architecture practice are also well know for their Lion Chambers located on Hope Street.
Architects – Dates
James Salmon I (1825-88)
WF Salmon (1843-1911)
James Salmon II (1873-1924)
J G Gillespie (1870-1926)
James Salmon Architecture Practice
British Architect 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 this architectural practice were the celebrated Gillespie Kidd & Coia (GK&C). This Scottish design practice went on to become Scotland’s most respected architects of their generation, designing buildings such as Robinson College in Cambridge, (England), and the St Peter’s Seminary in Cardross, near Helensburgh (Scotland).
J Salmon & Son – Glasgow Buildings
Corinthian Club, Former Union Bank of Scotland, 191 Ingram St, Merchant City – see Corinthian Glasgow
Dates built: 1841-43
J Salmon I & J Burnet
Former Institution for the Deaf and Dumb,
now Langside College, 56 Prospecthill Rd, Mount Florida
Dates built: 1866-68
Salmon, Son & Ritchie Architects
Former Scottish Temperance League Building, 106-8 Hope St
Dates built: 1893-94
Salmon, Son & Gillespie Architects
Former British Linen Company Bank, 215 High St, Townhead
Date built: 1895
Salmon, Son & Gillespie Architects
Mercantile Chambers, 35-69 Bothwell St
Dates built: 1897-98
Former British Linen Company Bank, 816-18 Govan Rd, Govan
Dates built: 1897-1900
Salmon, Son & Gillespie
Former Anderston Savings Bank, 752-6 Argyle St, Anderston
Dates built: 1899-1902
J Salmon II with JG Gillespie
Former British Linen Company Bank, 162-70 Gorbals St, Gorbals
Date built: 1900
J Salmon II
Lion Chambers, 170-2 Hope St
Dates built: 1905-07
Salmon, Son & Gillespie Architects
St Andrew’s East Church: Church Hall, Alexandra Parade
Date built: 1899
Architecture in Strathclyde
Historic Glasgow incl. Charles Rennie Mackintosh + Alexander Greek Thomson
Historic Glasgow Structures – historical properties selection:
City Halls & Old Fruitmarket, 100 Candleriggs, Merchant City
City Halls, Merchant City
Hutchesons Hospital, 158 Ingram St, G1 1EJ
Hutchesons Hospital
Website: James Salmon Architect Glasgow
Glasgow Building Designs
Contemporary Glasgow Property Designs – recent architectural selection below:
image courtesy of Artisan Real Estate
Glasgow Custom House Development
image courtesy of Drum Property Group
Solasta Riverside Building Buchanan Wharf
Buildings / photos for the James Salmon Architecture page welcome
