Historic houses · Scottish Highlands
Town Hall and Carnegie Library, Stewart Avenue, Bo'Ness
Town Hall and Carnegie Library, Stewart Avenue, Bo'Ness in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Town Hall and Carnegie Library, Stewart Avenue, Bo'Ness 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
Bo'ness Town Hall is a municipal building in Stewart Avenue, Bo'ness, Scotland. The structure, which was the meeting place of Bo'ness Burgh Council, is a Category B listed building.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The first town hall was a building with a clock tower in North Street which was completed in around 1780. It became structurally unstable as a result of mine workings, located just 15 meters below the surface, and partially collapsed in 1885. In the 1890s, in the context of continuing concerns about the structural integrity of the old town hall, the burgh commissioners decided to procure a new building. The site they selected for the proposed new building and surrounding park was occupied by a mansion known as The Manse which was the residence of the minister at Bo'ness Old Kirk. A design completion was held and a tender by George Washington Browne was accepted in October 1902. The new…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 56.0158, -3.6080
- Address
- Stewart Avenue, Bo'ness
- Established
- 1904
Sources
- wikidata: Q17816211 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Bo'ness Town Hall (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Town Hall and Carnegie Library, Stewart Avenue, Bo'Ness?
- Town Hall and Carnegie Library, Stewart Avenue, Bo'Ness is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.0158°, -3.6080°.
- When was Town Hall and Carnegie Library, Stewart Avenue, Bo'Ness built?
- Town Hall and Carnegie Library, Stewart Avenue, Bo'Ness dates to 1904.