The building played a significant role in Glasgow’s history.
Mrs Isabella Elder purchased the building and in 1884 a college for women was established, with 240 female students. Its many galleries androoms were adapted to the role of lecture theatres, classrooms and libraries. A Medical School was inaugurated there in 1890 with classes beginning at once with thirteen students. A year later the course included attendance at the Royal Infirmary.
Between 1890 and 1895 John Keppie and Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed a new building for the medical school. By 1907 there were 631 women students, including about 60 medical students. In 1892 Queen Margaret College became part of the University of Glasgow and all teaching was transferred to Gilmorehill in 1935.
There was a suggestion that Glasgow Corporation should acquire the building for use as a reference, lending and reading library for the North Kelvin District. The Corporation was once again to miss out. Before the city librarian could make a report, the BBC - who were looking for new premises in Glasgow - moved quickly and acquired the property.
In October 1936 work started to convert QM College into the BBC’s headquarters in Scotland. Its official opening was in November 1938. In the 1960s the site was extended to the east taking in the former Hillhead Bowling Club and Kelvinside Nursery in the 1960s. In 2007 the BBC relocated to a new building at Pacific Quay.
All structures except North Park House, Miller's 1930s additions to it and the Anatomical Department were demolished by 2010. The north-east section of the building – originally the dissecting room – and the pitched roof and gable of the former museum at the south-east were also demolished.
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