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He died aged 78 from Angina Pectoris, on 29 June 1902 at John Square House, [1] Oban, Argyll. He is principally known for commissioning McCaig's Tower in Oban for which he was also the architect. He had extensive dealings within the Oban surroundings including being the Gas Works Director and owning the Pier. From the hustings for the 1885 ...
McCaig's Tower [1] or McCaig's Folly [2] is a prominent tower on Battery Hill [3] overlooking the town of Oban in Argyll, Scotland. It is built of Bonawe granite taken from the quarries across Airds Bay, on Loch Etive, from Muckairn, with a circumference of about 200 metres (660 ft) with two-tiers of 94 lancet arches (44 on the bottom and 50 on ...
The current building was intended to replace an earlier courthouse and prison in Argyll Square, which had been designed by David Rhind and completed in 1856. [2] [3] In the 1880s the Argyll Commissioners of Supply decided to procure a more substantial courthouse for the county. The site they selected was on the southeast side of Albany Street. [4]
The 10,500-square-foot home on 1.76 acres of meticulously groomed landscaping was owned by John J. Moores, according to public records. ... The 10,500-square-foot home on Pebble Beach Golf Links ...
Crossroads of narrow road near Stow-on-the-Wold, looking towards Lower Swell and the town. The house was designed by architect John Loughborough Pearson and built in 1856–59 for £8,000 (equivalent to £940,000 in 2023) for Reverend Robert William Hippisley , who was the local parish priest [ 6 ] (rector) (1844–1899).
Old Westbury Gardens is the former estate of businessman John Shaffer Phipps (1874–1958), an heir to the Phipps family fortune, in Nassau County, New York. Located at 71 Old Westbury Road in Old Westbury, the property was converted into a museum home in 1959. It is open for tours from April through October.
They were joined in 1923 by trams from the Edinburgh Corporation, resulting at one point, having seven tram routes to the area: four from Leith via Lower Granton Road (services 2, 14, 16 and 17); three via Granton Road (services 8, 9 and 13). Trams to Granton were withdrawn in stages, from 1952 to 1956, and replaced by buses.
The John Aborn House stands in a residential area northwest of Porter Square, on the northeast side of Orchard Street between Blake and Beech Streets. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof and clapboarded exterior. A two-story porch extends across the front, supported by square posts.