Salmon, Son & Gillespie [also known as Salmon & Son & Gillespie] was an architectural partnership formed by William Forrest Salmon (1843-1911), James Salmon (1873-1924) and John Gaff Gillespie (1870-1926) in Glasgow, Scotland in 1903. Although James Salmon had become a partner in the firm Salmon & Gillespie in 1898, the name of the partnership was not changed until 1903.
The partnership was avowedly committed to the 'Glasgow Style' and employed the Glasgow Style craftsmen Oscar Paterson, Albert Hodge and John Crawford. The influence of the Glasgow Style is particularly evident in two of their projects in Glasgow - 'Hatrack', 142 St. Vincent Street (1898-1902), and 12-14 University Gardens (1900). SSG also designed Lion Chambers (1904-07), an eight-story reinforced-concrete-framed retail/office building in Glasgow.
A drawing room fireplace designed by the Salmon & Son & Gillespie is featured in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1906 (p.109); two photographs of the dining room at 'Mirjanoshta', Kilmalcolm and a photograph of a billiard room fireplace at Glasgow designed by Salmon & Son & Gillespie are illustrated in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' (pp.74, 75, 109); and a photograph of the entrance at Giffnock designed by Salmon & Son & Gillespie is featured in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' (illustration B22).
James Salmon, who had studied at Glasgow School of Art, was a member of the Glasgow Art Club and the Scottish Society of Art Workers. The Salmon & Son & Gillespie partnership was dissolved in 1913.
For a detailed list of architectural projects by Salmon & Son & Gillespie see the Dictionary of Scottish architects 1660-1980 [link below]