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Earl Gowrie's Palace the Scene of a mysterious event in the national history of Scotland afterwards
to be noticed and Known in the days of the Citys pride as the Whitehall of Perth projected its gar-
den on the South to the City wall presented fronts on other sides to the river to the South Street
and to the Water vennel and occupied the ground which now forms the site of the
County Buildings. It was erected in 1520* by the Countess of Huntly. After the Earl of Gowrie
murder it passed into the possession of the City, in 1746 it was presented to the Duke
of Cumberland, afterwards it was sold by the Duke to the government and till the
Commencement of the French war was transmuted into an artillery barracks in 1805
it was repurchased by the City and several years later it was coolly doomed
to destruction. its site granted for the County Buildings and its material sold for
about £600.
Fullartons Gazetteer
* The date 1520 above must be wrong see note in preceding page