Architecture Notes

Event ID 833530

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Architecture Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/833530

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In 1887 'a small residential hall for students was inaugurated in Edinburgh by Professor Patrick Geddes, with the object of combining some of the advatages of collegiate life, as existing at the English Universities, with the more practical needs and, generally, shorter purse, of the average Scottish undergraduate. The experminet has proved itself a success...

The Builder, August 19 1893

Professor Patrick Geddes lived in the fourth floor flat of 14 Ramsey Garden.