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Municipal Offices and Lamp Standards, Albany Street
Municipal Offices and Lamp Standards, Albany Street in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Municipal Offices and Lamp Standards, Albany Street is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Oban Municipal Buildings is a municipal building on Albany Street in Oban in Scotland. The building, which is used by Argyll and Bute Council for the delivery of local services, is a Category B listed building.
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Background
History
Following significant population growth, largely associated with the fishing and distillery industries, Oban became a police burgh in 1862. However, Oban did not have a town house, until the police commissioners decided to procure one to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The site they selected was on the northwest side of Albany Street. The foundation stone for the new building was laid by the provost, Francis Cooper, on 22 June 1897. It was designed by Alexander Shairp in the neoclassical style, built in ashlar stone at a cost of £6,000 and was completed in around 1900. The design involved a symmetrical main frontage of seven bays facing onto Albany Street. The central bay…
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- Coordinates
- 56.4116, -5.4738
- Address
- Albany Street, Oban
- Established
- 1900
Sources
- wikidata: Q17773387 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Oban Municipal Buildings (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Municipal Offices and Lamp Standards, Albany Street?
- Municipal Offices and Lamp Standards, Albany Street is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom.
- When was Municipal Offices and Lamp Standards, Albany Street built?
- Built or established in 1900.
- Who owns Municipal Offices and Lamp Standards, Albany Street?
- Municipal Offices and Lamp Standards, Albany Street is owned by | designation1 =Category B Listed Building.