King Street Barracks

The building, which was designed by William Ramage in the Scottish baronial style as a militia barracks, was completed in 1863.^[1] It was first used by the Royal Aberdeenshire Highlanders in 1862.^[2] It was enlarged in 1880 and the Royal Aberdeenshire Highlanders evolved to become the 3rd Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders in 1881.^[2] After training moved to Fort George, the site was decommissioned by the army and acquired by Aberdeen Corporation Tramways in 1914.^[2] Following the privatisation of Grampian Regional Transport in 1989^[3] and the formation of FirstBus in 1995,^[4] the site became the head office of FirstGroup.^[5]