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Saint Vincent Street Church is the sole survivor of three churches designed for the city of Glasgow by the influential and renowned Scottish architect Alexander Thomson. Commissioned in 1856 and dedicated in 1859, Thomson designed the church in an almost abstract form of classicism following Greek models. (...)

Saint Vincent Street Church is the sole survivor of three churches designed for the city of Glasgow by the influential and renowned Scottish architect Alexander Thomson. Commissioned in 1856 and dedicated in 1859, Thomson designed the church in an almost abstract form of classicism following Greek models. Designed as a temple, the rectangular-plan building displays six massive, fluted Ionic columns supporting a full width pediment across the front façade. A square stone tower is set on the east façade and is richly decorated with classical motifs, Egyptian-style doors, and an “Indian” dome. The entire building is set upon a colossal plinth. The colorful interior is adorned with classical Greek and Egyptian motifs. The building was described by American architectural historian, Henry Russell Hitchcock, as one of the three finest Romantic Classical churches in the world.