Early Modern period

Pullar House

Pullar House at numbers 35-49 Kinnoull Street and occupying much of Mill Street as well, contains the offices of Perth and Kinross Council. Before conversion in 1999/2000 this building was Pullars of Perth, an extensive dyeworks owned by the Pullar family. A plaque commemorating the Jubilee in 1898 of the service of Sir Robert Pullar, son of the founder of the business. The business was founded in Burt Close in 1824. A second plaque records those employees who lost their lives in the two wars. This is another example of businesses recording the names of fallen colleagues as also did for example, Avia, the Co-Operative and the Railways. A second building in Mill Street is dated 1865, suggesting this might have been an earlier building than the main entrance on Kinnoull Street. A further building dated 1901 is probably an extension. There was a further extension in the 1950s which caused much controversy but has no date on it. This extension is now Café Kisa.

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Thomas Hay Marshall

Thomas Hay Marshall (1770-1808) and his father-in-law Thomas Anderson, who owned the previous Blackfriars lands, were responsible for the construction of much of Georgian Perth. The construction included the building of Atholl Crescent and Street, Marshall Place and the first steps in the development of Tay Street. Rose Terrace was built on land donated by Hay Marshall. The Old Academy at its centre was built using funds raised by private subscription. Thomas Hay Marshall was Lord Provost in 1800 to 1802 and again from 1804 to 1806. During this time, he was able to upgrade the status of Provost to Lord Provost to reflect the ancient importance of the city. His statue, sculpted by the Cochrane brothers of Perth, stands inside the pillars of the dome at Perth Art Gallery. Confusingly it was a different Thomas Hay Marshall (1807-1882) who later wrote a heavy tome on the history of Perth published in 1849, a book which we have used extensively in this web site.

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