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Aberdeen Mechanics' Institute
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"The proposed building consists of a Hall calculated to contain 1000 persons, a Lecture-room seated for 180, a Library, a Museum, nine Rooms, to be used as Class and Committee Rooms, &c., and Lodgings for the Porter. Under these, it is proposed to have two large and commodious Shops, with extensive Cellarage; and, behind the Shops, a suite of Rooms, which would be well adapted for a Coffee Room (...)" (Al. Yeats, Aberdeen, January 22, 1844. Aberdeen Journal, February 14, 1844). The foundation stone of the building, which cost over £4000, was laid in August 1845 by the Lord Provost. Almost all public organisations in Aberdeen took part in the proceedings. The building in Market Street soon proved to be inadequate and in 1889 an Appeal Fund for a new Central Library was launched. This building later became the Bon-Accord Hotel.
"The proposed building consists of a Hall calculated to contain 1000 persons, a Lecture-room seated for 180, a Library, a Museum, nine Rooms, to be used as Class and Committee Rooms, &c., and Lodgings for the Porter. Under these, it is proposed to have two large and commodious Shops, with extensive Cellarage; and, behind the Shops, a suite of Rooms, which would be well adapted for a Coffee Room (...)" (Al. Yeats, Aberdeen, January 22, 1844. Aberdeen Journal, February 14, 1844).
The foundation stone of the building, which cost over £4000, was laid in August 1845 by the Lord Provost. Almost all public organisations in Aberdeen took part in the proceedings.
The building in Market Street soon proved to be inadequate and in 1889 an Appeal Fund for a new Central Library was launched. This building later became the Bon-Accord Hotel.
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