1875 – Scottish Widows, Westmoreland Street, Dublin
Architect: Thomas Newenham Deane
Orginally built in 1875 with some minor additions in 1879 for Scottish Widows, this was for many years a bank branch of AIB.
Adam, Robert (1728-92)
Famous Scottish architect who was invited to plan the new city of Lisbon after the disastrous earthquake of 1755. Recognised as the greatest Scottish architect ever.
Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson (1817-75)
This appreciation was reprinted in Aberdeen in 1925 by W. Jolly & Sons Ltd from the Scottish Ecclesiological Society’s Transactions by J.
Brydon, John McKean (1840-1901)
John McKean Brydon was born in Dunfermline in 1840 and educated at the Commercial Academy there. On 1 September 1856 he was articled to William Hardie Hay and James Murdoch Hay in Liverpool for three years and in 1860 secured a place in the office of David Bryce in Edinburgh as assistant with a home address in Picardy Place.
Cousin, David (1809-78)
David Cousin was born in North Leith in 1809 (christened 28 May), the son of John Cousin, joiner and his wife Isabella Paterson.
Cullen, Alexander (1856-1911)
Alexander Cullen was born on 18 June 1856 at Craigneuk, Wishaw, the son of William Cullen and his wife Mary Hill.
Davidson, Charles (d.1925)
Charles Davidson was born in Forfar and seems to have been an assistant to Peddie & Kinnear in Edinburgh but moved to Paisley in 1875 to work on their National Bank and Bank of Scotland commissions in St.
Fulton, James Black (1875-1922)
James Black Fulton was born at Fenwick on 11 August 1875, the son of Robert Fulton and his wife Janet Black.
McIntyre, John (1879-1957)
John McIntyre was born on 31 January 1879 in Stranraer and was articled to Alexander Hunter Crawford of Edinburgh in 1895 working mainly on domestic work in Trinity,
Mitchell, Arthur George Sydney (1856-1930)
Arthur George Sydney Mitchell was born at Headswood in Larbert, Stirlingshire on 1 January 1856, the only child of Dr Arthur Mitchell and his wife Margaret Hay Houston,
