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 Photographs of old school and educational buildings in the City of Glasgow


Dundas Vale Teaching Centre in Cowcaddens, Glasgow

Dundas Vale Teaching Centre in Cowcaddens


 

Dundas Halls in Cowcaddens area of Glasgow

Dundas Vale Teachers' Centre on New City Road in Cowcaddens.

Built in 1837, the Normal School for the Training of Teachers

( later named Dundas Vale College ) was designed by David Hamilton.

It was the first institution in Britain specifically for the professional training of teachers.


Glasgow University

Glasgow University


Glasgow University

Glasgow University.


Kelvinside Academy in Glasgow

Kelvinside Academy.

 

Kelvinside Academy in Glasgow

Kelvinside Academy.

Hillhead Academy in Glasgow

Hillhead Academy.

Langside College in Glasgow

Langside College b1866 - 68

Now an annexe to the modern college building



Overnewton School in Glasgow

Overnewton School, c1877, in Lumsden Street





Rockvilla School in Glasgow

Rockvilla School in Dawson Road





St. Andrew's Catholic School in Glasgow

St. Andrew's Catholic School ( aka Charlotte Street School ), b1855,

Now part of Our Lady and Saint Francis's School




David Dale's House

David Dale's House ( b1783 )

was incorporated into Charlotte Street School,
demolished in 1953
 





The High School Building in Elmbank Street in city centre of Glasgow

The High School Building in Elmbank Street
( the former premises of Glasgow Academy )

The High School of Glasgow was founded as the Choir School of Glasgow Cathedral around 1124.
 It is the oldest school in Scotland and the twelfth oldest in the United Kingdom.





Statues on The High School Building in Elmbank Street in Glasgow

Statues on The High School Building

Homer, Cicero, Galileo, James Watt





Strathclyde House in Glasgow

Strathclyde House b1846 - 47 ( formerly Glasgow Academy )





Glasgow School of Art

Glasgow School of Art





Govanhill Primary School

Govanhill Primary School ( b1885 - 6 ), Annette Street





Dennistoun Primary School

Tudor-style Dennistoun Primary School, Meadowpark Street





Abbotsford Primary School

Abbotsford Primary School ( opened 1879 ), Abbotsford Place





Allan Glen's School c1876 on the corner of North Hanover Street and Cathedral Street

Allan Glen's School c1876 on the corner of North Hanover Street and Cathedral Street

Allan Glen was a wright who became a wealthy property owner

 who left £20,000 in his will in 1850
to make "provision for giving gratuitously a good practical education to about fifty boys,
 sons of tradesmen or persons in the industrial classes in Glasgow".
 In 1912 the school became a Science High School under the Glasgow School Board.
Children who passed the entrance exam, benefittd from the high standard of teaching at the school.
It ceased to be a selective school in 1973 and closed in 1989.





Bellahouston Academy

Bellahouston Academy ( opened 1876 ),
Franco-Scottish Gothic style frontage,
 Paisley Road West




Calder Street Public School

 Calder Street Public School





Adelphi Terrace Public School

 Adelphi Terrace Public School

The Adelphi was designed by Glasgow architect Thomas Lennox Watson,
and opened in 1894

it was previously home to the Interior Design Annexe
 of the Glasgow College of Building and Printing.

The former school building was sold in 2018 and converted into office space.




Adelphi Terrace Public School

 Adelphi Terrace Public School






Adelphi Terrace Public School

 Adelphi Terrace Public School





Adelphi Terrace Public School

 Adelphi Terrace Public School






Adelphi Terrace Public School

 Adelphi Terrace Public School




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