The Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland (AHSS)-DOMINIC D’ANGELO – ‘Greek’ Thomson and the Watson Street Warehouses

Thursday 20th November 2025
7.30pm at St Andrew’s West Church & Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow
Note: Lecture will also be live-streamed via Zoom

Two years before he died, Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson designed a pair of warehouses in Watson Street for shopkeeping brothers Gavin and William Millar, as part of their planned expansion to become ‘the Largest Furniture Department in Scotland’. Dominic d’Angelo, Chair of The Alexander Thomson Society, looks at how both buildings ended up as lodging houses, and, on their 120th anniversary, the fire that would claim 40 lives.

Tickets available from Eventbrite or on the door: £6 / students £2 / season ticket for all 5 lectures: £25.

Online booking links:

http://www.ahss.org.uk/events