Robert McCord & Son

ROBERT McCORD & SON, Masons, Builders, & Contractors, 54, St. Enoch Square, Glasgow.

    Few names are more familiar in association with the building industries of Glasgow than that of Messrs. Robert McCord & Son, whose successful operations during a period of nearly forty years have eminently contributed to the activity of the trade of which they are accredited leaders. The inauguration of the business is due to Mr. Robert McCord who, previous to his commencement in 1852, had been for many years foreman in the employment of several of the most important and influential building firms. The insight into every phase of high-class work and the thorough practical training which such opportunities offered have been turned to good account in every stage of the career of that house, whose remarkable success is attributed to his judicious tact and enterprise.

    The public confidence and estimation which the admirable accomplishments of the firm at the outset elicited have been the chief means of placing their name first among the same descriptions of business concerns in this city, and each completed contract of late years has contributed to promote their renown. They were entrusted with the erection of various public buildings, churches, etc., in the vicinity of Glasgow and elsewhere, amongst these being the Free Church College and Free College Church, Lynedoch Street; Blythswood Church, Bath Street ; Renfield Free Church, Bath Street ; Elgin Place Church, Holland Street ; Victoria Free Church, Eglinton Toll ; Queen’s Park Established Church, and several others ; and one of the best and most successfully accomplished undertakings of the firm was the erection of the Sheriff Court House and County Buildings in Paisley, structures which form a notable landmark of this town, where there are some of the finest buildings in provincial Scotland.

    All work is carried out and completed under the immediate personal oversight and supervision of Mr. McCord, who is ably assisted by his son, and, with the aid of a large number of hands, the firm are favoured with such resources as enable them to sustain their long-standing reputation for the promptitude and unexceptionable efficiency which characterise their whole operations. The premises of the firm, in the convenient and central locality of St. Enoch Square, consist of a commodious counting house, well appointed for the purposes of the business. The firm are valuators of property, being, by reason of their long and intimate practical acquaintance with the building trade, enabled to advise and report on all matters concerning the appraisement or sanitary features of all classes of property, and their services in this respect have proved highly satisfactory to all by whom they have been employed.

    Both principals of the firm are well known in all Glasgow commercial circles, and derive the esteem due to their vigorous efforts to promote the interests of these branches of industry with which their name is identified. The senior partner is a member of several societies, and held the position of Deacon of the Incorporation of Masons in the year 1864.

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