Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Port Glasgow HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess No OpeningTime1 10.00-13.00 ArchitectName David Hamilton, extended Page & Park IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 9501 Refreshments No Street The street address Fore Street Postcode PA14 5EQ Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Port Glasgow Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived inverclyde Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2841 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.86362,-4.261207; Description An account of the resource <p>Two storey classic facade with Doric portico and 150 ft spire designed by David Hamilton. Originally Port Glasgow Town Buildings, construction cost: 12,000. The ground floor was originally laid out as shops, and the upper storey, in addition to the council chambers and town clerk's office, contained a large reading room and several apartments which were occupied as counting houses for mercantile businesses.</p><p>Also situated within the buildings were the court house and police station, which at one time had its entrance right next to the harbour. This was changed after a prisoner was released one morning following a drunkenness offence, and fell into the harbour and drowned!</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1815, restored 1995-96