Municipal Buildings

Original Price: $15.95
Sale Price: $12.95
  

Stock #: 665306
Type: Postcard
City: Glasgow
Country: Scotland
Artist: Charles F. Flown
Publisher: Raphael & Sons
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Additional Details:
Situated on the Eastern side of George Square. They occupy ground to the extent of 1 1/4 acres, and were erected in 1883-8 from designs by Mr. William Young. The walls rise to an average height of 75 feet, the buildings being capped by a tower 240 feet high. In the centre of George Square are gardens and statues, including the Scott Monument, a fluted Doric column 80 feet high, surmounted by a statue of Sir Walter Scott by H. Ritchie.

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