OS1/14/29/68

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ALBERT INSTITUTE Albert Institute Mr. Mackison, Town Surveyor 054 This name applies to a splendid Edifice occupying a prominent position between "Euclid Crescent" and "Meadowside" it was Erected in 1867 at considerable cost by the directors of the "Albert Institution" but there was a proviso that on the completion of the Institute the lower portion of the building was to be devoted to the the inhabitants of Dundee as a Free Library and Reading Room (this portion of building shown on OS [Ordnance Survey] Plans) the Institute is not yet completed as was originally intended but the work is to be commenced and carried out as originally intended in a short time, The Building is the property of the Directors of the "Albert Institute" and the "Town" Respectively,

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County of Forfar -- Town of Dundee

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