July 25th Photograph Hamilton Hall St Andrews Scotland

July 25th photograph of Hamilton Hall, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Golf Scotland. Located behind the 18th Green of the Old course, the building that would become Hamilton Hall was originally opened as a hotel in 1895 to capitalise on the rapid expansion of St Andrews as a popular tourist destination. The Grand Hotel was in a prime location to take advantage of two of the city's attractions: golf and sea bathing. Indeed, the hotel soon became very successful and even managed to attract royal clientele in the early years of the twentieth century. However, the hotel was requisitioned by the armed forces during the Second World War and never reopened as a hotel. Instead the hotel was acquired by the University of St Andrews and was opened as a hall of residence in 1949.In December 2009 Hamilton hall was aqcuired by US businessman Herb Kohler who intends on restoring the building.

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