Photographs
of Significant Old Buildings
in the Govanhill region of Glasgow
Govanhill
Library
Opened in 1906, Govanhill and Crosshill District Library is one of twelve libraries constructed with Andrew Carnegie's gift of £100,000 to the city in 1901 |
Govanhill
Library
The Baroque style Govanhill and Crosshill District Library opened in 1906 It is one of the twelve libraries constructed with Andrew Carnegie's gift of £100,000 to the city in 1901. |
Govanhill
Picture House
The Govanhill Picture House opened in 1926 it featured a unique Egyptian-styled facade, with columns and a moulded scarab above the entranceway. |
Calder Street Public School ( now
Holy Cross Primary School ) A Baroque-style,
red sandstone building built in 1914. |
Hutchesons'
Grammar School ( "Hutchie" ) in Kingarth Street
Founded by the brothers George and Thomas Hutcheson in 1641 and opened originally to educate orphans. The Kingarth Street building, by Thomson and Sandilands, opened in 1912. Recognised as an outstanding building - described as a “Renaissance palazzo with Baroque details and two stair towers” became a listed building in 1992 |
Hutchesons'
Grammar School ( "Hutchie" )
in Kingarth Street |
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