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M163 Competition design for National Bank of Scotland

Address: St Vincent Street and Buchanan Street, Glasgow
Date: 1898
Client: National Bank of Scotland
Authorship:

(Mackintosh)

1898: 13 October: John Honeyman & Keppie are one of seven firms invited to take part in an architectural competition for a new building for the National Bank of Scotlandat the corner of Buchanan Street and St Vincent Street, Glasgow. 1
31 December: Closing date for entries. 2

1899: 25 January: John Honeyman & Keppie receive a 100 guinea honorarium for their unsuccessful design. 3

Notes:

1: Edinburgh, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Archives: National Bank Board Minutes, NS/22/35(1).

2: Edinburgh, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Archives: National Bank Board Minutes, NS/22/35(1).

3: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: John Honeyman & Keppie / Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh / Keppie Henderson cash book, 1889–1917, GLAHA 53079, p. 51.

'Mackintosh Architecture' led by The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council; with additional support from The Monument Trust, The Pilgrim Trust, and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; and collaborative input from Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.