. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. 1885, amid considerable enthusiasm,as the opening of such a fine Town Hall is an event, the importance ofwhich, to a municipality, is only equalled it may be once or twice in acentury. In commemoration of the opening my father, then Convenerof the Six Incorporated Trades of Elgin, presented a medal (Fig. 53)to each of thirteen hundred children then attending the various schoolsin the burgh. Internally the arrangements are equally good. Entrance may beobtained at the east side door. The main entrance is in the base ofthe
. Elgin past and present : a historical guide / by Herbert B. Mackintosh. 1885, amid considerable enthusiasm,as the opening of such a fine Town Hall is an event, the importance ofwhich, to a municipality, is only equalled it may be once or twice in acentury. In commemoration of the opening my father, then Convenerof the Six Incorporated Trades of Elgin, presented a medal (Fig. 53)to each of thirteen hundred children then attending the various schoolsin the burgh. Internally the arrangements are equally good. Entrance may beobtained at the east side door. The main entrance is in the base ofthe tower, which forms a vestibule, opening from which on either sideare cloak-rooms, and the gallery staircases. Beyond the vestibule isthe grand corridor, 80 feet long, having to the right the smaller hallor supper room, 60 feet by 30 feet, and caretakers apartments. Onthe left is the large hall, 127 feet in length, 50 feet wide, and 48 feethigh, seated for 1000 persons. It is very elegantly fitted up ; isextremely comfortable ; and its stage arrangements are quite The Town Hall.
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