Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Airdrie HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess Yes Activities Take a tour of the refurbished and renovated Sir John Wilson Town Hall. OpeningTime1 10.30 am - 2 pm ArchitectName John Thomson OpeningTime2 10.30 am - 2 pm IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 12051 Refreshments No Street The street address Stirling Street Postcode ML6 0AS Parking No DisabledWC Yes 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 Sir John Wilson Town Hall Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived northlanarkshire Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 3108 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.86554,-3.983767; Description An account of the resource Built in 1912 the Sir John Wilson Town Hall is a Category B Listed Building. The building is a fine example of an early 20th century town hall, notable for its Baroque detailing to principal elevation and richly decorated interior, reflecting the generosity of its budget. £10000 of its building cost was gifted by Sir John Wilson, then owner of the Airdrie estate, businessman and MP. Airdrie-born architect John Thomson won the commission in an open competition against George Arthur and Andrew Aitken. He died the year the building was completed. The building employs a steel lattice girder frame by William Baird and Son Ltd of Glasgow (not to be confused with prominent 19th century iron and coal manufacturer, William Baird and Company). Steelwork frames of this type became widely used in industrial building from the 1860s onwards and were increasingly adopted for civic and municipal architecture in the early years of the 20th century. This traditional style town hall comprises of a large and a lesser hall. The large hall has a main hall and balcony. Seating 660 for a concert/conference. The main hall is also used for wedding and dinner dances. The lesser hall is situated on the upper level of the facility and has a capacity of 110. The Airdrie Town Hall is used for both professional and amateur/community based events. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1912