[2] The site they selected was adjacent to Victoria Park, which had been part of the Oswald family estate, centred on Scotstoun House.

The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage of four bays facing onto Victoria Park Drive.

Internally, the principal room was the main assembly hall which featured a stage and some fine plasterwork.

A gabled two-storey extension was erected to the west of the fire station in 1905: this accommodated the local masonic lodge, St John's, throughout much of the 20th century.

[7] It became a popular venue for concerts, with the pianist, Desirée MacEwan, who was a preceptor at the Royal Academy of Music, performing there in 1926.