ARBROATH POST OFFICE
10 Hill Street
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Architect: ?Walter Robertson
Year: 1900 Archive sources Canmore: ID 288440 Selected bibliographical references Arbroath Herald and Advertiser for the Montrose Burghs 14 Oct 1897, p. 4; 28 Apr 1898, p. 4; 17 Dec 1898, p. 6; 24 May 1900, p. 4, 6 Dundee Courier 17 Feb 1898, p. 6 (illustration); 9 Sep 1898, p. 6; 2 Apr 1900, p. 4 (illustration); 21 May 1900, p. 5 Dundee Evening Post 2 Apr 1900, p. 3 (illustration) History Opened: 19 May 1900 Closed The Dictionary of Scottish Architects 1840-1980 database attributes this building to Robert Matheson. This seems unlikely as he died in 1877 |
Building description
From: Arbroath Herald and Advertiser for the Montrose Burghs 24 May 1900, p. 4
Provost Grant displayed characteristic shrewdness and public spirit when he determined to celebrate appropriately the opening of the new Post Office buildings. The opening of the new buildings was worthy of celebration. It indicates social and commercial progress; it is an event calculated to maintain and strengthen the confidence, self-respect, and hopefulness of all who are eager for the prosperity of the burgh, and to interest outsiders and convince them that Arbroath as a community is—to use the familiar —"a thriving concern." Saturday's ceremony was both appropriate and interesting; the association of the opening with congratulations to Colonel Baden-Powell was an exceedingly happy hit. We congratulate Mr Duncan, postmaster, and his staff upon what was happily described on Saturday as their "relief." They will now have abundance of room in which to do their work; and the improvements in light, ventilation, and general comfort must go a long way in lightening the labours of all engaged in the institution. We confess, however, that we are not quite convinced that the public generally will find very greatly increased convenience in the new Post Office. The want of a second doorway in the public office is an unfortunate defect. The public office is certainly not the most satisfactory department in the new buildings; and it, after all, is the department the sufficiency of which must ultimately determine public appreciation of the new Post Office. It is useless at this time of day to revert to questions of site the Post Office is now where it is, and, as Bailie Alexander put it, it is likely to stand there a hundred years hence very much as it is to-day. Let us be thankful for such mercies as the Postal Powers have granted. They may not have chosen the most suitable site; but of the chosen site they have made excellent use, and the new buildings have been erected, furnished, and decorated with due sense of the dignity of the great service with which they are connected. We associate ourselves whole-heartedly with all the good wishes that were expressed on Saturday regarding the new Post Office and its officials.
Provost Grant displayed characteristic shrewdness and public spirit when he determined to celebrate appropriately the opening of the new Post Office buildings. The opening of the new buildings was worthy of celebration. It indicates social and commercial progress; it is an event calculated to maintain and strengthen the confidence, self-respect, and hopefulness of all who are eager for the prosperity of the burgh, and to interest outsiders and convince them that Arbroath as a community is—to use the familiar —"a thriving concern." Saturday's ceremony was both appropriate and interesting; the association of the opening with congratulations to Colonel Baden-Powell was an exceedingly happy hit. We congratulate Mr Duncan, postmaster, and his staff upon what was happily described on Saturday as their "relief." They will now have abundance of room in which to do their work; and the improvements in light, ventilation, and general comfort must go a long way in lightening the labours of all engaged in the institution. We confess, however, that we are not quite convinced that the public generally will find very greatly increased convenience in the new Post Office. The want of a second doorway in the public office is an unfortunate defect. The public office is certainly not the most satisfactory department in the new buildings; and it, after all, is the department the sufficiency of which must ultimately determine public appreciation of the new Post Office. It is useless at this time of day to revert to questions of site the Post Office is now where it is, and, as Bailie Alexander put it, it is likely to stand there a hundred years hence very much as it is to-day. Let us be thankful for such mercies as the Postal Powers have granted. They may not have chosen the most suitable site; but of the chosen site they have made excellent use, and the new buildings have been erected, furnished, and decorated with due sense of the dignity of the great service with which they are connected. We associate ourselves whole-heartedly with all the good wishes that were expressed on Saturday regarding the new Post Office and its officials.
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