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Alterations to Kelvinside United Free Church, including Ross Taylor memorial

M294 Alterations to Kelvinside United Free Church, including Ross Taylor memorial

Address: 731, Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 8QX
Date: 1909
Client: Kelvinside United Free Church
Authorship: Authorship category 4 (Office) (Office)

Colour photograph of Walter Ross Taylor memorial, Kelvinside United Free Church

1862
4 September: Foundation stone of church laid. 1
1886
4 October: Inauguration of new organ, built by Henry Willis & Son. 2
1908
November: Wide-ranging scheme of alterations and repairs approved by Deacons' Court, including reconstruction of organ, pulpit and platform, and installation of electric lighting. 3
1909
26 March: Earliest tender for memorial to Rev. Walter Ross Taylor. 4
5 April: Earliest tender for alterations to church. 5
June: Work on alterations commenced. 6
1910
12 January: Final payment for alterations. 7

Notes:

1: Glasgow Herald, 5 September 1862, p. 5.

2: Glasgow Herald, 5 October 1886, p. 7.

3: Kelvinside United Free Church, Glasgow: A Record of Fifty Years, 1859–1909, Glasgow: Robert MacLehose, 1909, p. 138.

4: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh job book, GLAHA 53063, p. 19.

5: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh job book, GLAHA 53063, p. 20.

6: Kelvinside United Free Church, Glasgow: A Record of Fifty Years, 1859–1909, Glasgow: Robert MacLehose, 1909, p. 139.

7: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh job book, GLAHA 53063, p. 20.