May 1854: The Colosseum, Jamaica Street – First-Class Shops and Warehouses To Let, in This Magnificent Building

An advertisement on page two of The Commonwealth (Commonwealth (Glasgow) in The

British Newspaper Archive), on Saturday the 13th of May, 1854, reads:

 

“THE COLOSSEUM, JAMAICA STREET.

 

FIRST-CLASS SHOPS AND WAREHOUSES

TO LET,

IN THIS MAGNIFICENT BUILDING.

 

THE SHOPS and FLATS above are exceedingly suitable for Sale and Show-rooms, for large Drapery, Clothing,

Hatting, Upholstery, Ironmongery, or other concerns for which extensive and attractive premises in a leading

thoroughfare are essential. There is not any place so certain as this to become a mart for these and kindred

branches of business, now that the spacious Hall, which forms part of the Building, is, during a great portion of the

year, to be occupied as a Fine Art Gallery on a scale hitherto unapproached in this city, under the auspices of the

Committee of Gentlemen who last season so successfully conducted the Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists in

St. Enoch’s Hall, and that, during the rest of the year, it is designed for Bazaars, Public Meetings, Assemblies, Soirees,

&c., all of which must attract a great concourse of people to the buildings, and give the utmost publicity to the

establishments of parties securing premises there, and that too of the class most likely to become purchasers.

Apply to J. & J. NEIL, 20, St. Enoch Square.”

 

 

The British Newspaper Archive.

 

 

George Fairfull-Smith, July 2023.