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Recording Your Heritage Online
Event ID 566925
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Recording Your Heritage Online
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/566925
Museum nan Eilean, 1896 Surviving part of former school built on Free Church feu (latterly the Nicolson Institute's Secondary School), known as the Francis Street Buildings; converted to a museum, 1995. Quoins, shaped gablets and large mullioned windows are defined by cement dressings; inside, a good tiled stairhall. Adjacent, the subsidiary Free Church (known as the Seminary), 1899-1900, is a rebuild of the original c.1840 school building, which had been converted to a church hall by 1858.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
