Listed Buildings Area Survey
Event ID 883931
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Listed Buildings Area Survey
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/883931
Designed by the Dundee City Architect, James Thomson. The foundation stone was laid by King George V and Queen Mary in 1914, though not completed until 1923 due to the outbreak of World War I.
The building is a large modern, classical design construted using a reinforced concete frame, with 10 double height Doric columns facing onto the City Square.
Built on the site of the earlier C18 Town House and funded by a large doantion by Sir James Caird, who had made a fortune in the jute industry.
