95 Morrison Street

Welcome to the website of the 95 Morrison Street Owners' Association

Welcome To 95 Morrison Street

Welcome to the website of the 95 Morrison Street Owners' Association.

Co-operative House was the former headquarters of the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society and today is a mixed residential and commercial development. This website provides general information about the building and its facilities, primarily for current owners and residents, as well as some details about the building's long history. Following the building's 120th year in 2017, we have published a short history document available for download here. 

We encourage all new owners and residents to read the general information pages as these provide a lot of useful information about the building as well as your responsibilities and will cover the vast majority of queries. The building is split into the main block of 95 Morrison Street and the adjoining Clarence House & The Prism blocks, with each having a separate information page. Details about who to get in touch with, if necessary, are included on the contacts page. 
Mr William Maxwell, the President of the SCWS was handed a gold key by Mr Bruce, of Bruce & Hay, which he stated was to symbolise the golden rule “that they would do unto others as they would like others to do unto them”. The Herald summarised Mr Maxwell’s remarks: He trusted that these buildings would be a tower of strength to the co-operative movement in Scotland and that its best interest would be jealously guarded for generations to come. He trusted they would be a light that would radiate and illuminate the socially dark corners of our country. These buildings were symbolical of the growing wealth and the still quieter growing refinement and taste, of their working-men proprietors and afforded another proof of the efficiency of co-operation in ameliorating the condition of the people. He hoped the buildings would stand for generations, a monument of the thrift, the industry and the organisation of the working men of Scotland, in whose name he now opened them for co-operative purposes. 

Extract from an article covering the grand opening of 95 Morrison Street on 2 January 1897, The Glasgow Herald

Find out more about the building's history here...
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