George and Thomas Hutcheson, two Glasgow lawyers, left funds in trust to build a school for poor boys and a hospice for old men which was given the name Hutcheson's Hospital. Originally built on the Trongate in Glasgow between 1641 and 1660, the hospital was supported by rents raised from lands which had been endowed in nearby Ramshorn, as well as in the Gorbals and Meadowflat. By the end of the 18th C., the old building had decayed and the site was sold to release funds for a new building, Hutcheson's Hall, built on Ingram Street in 1805 by David Hamilton. This incorporates statues of the brothers taken from the original building, which were carved by James Colquhoun in 1649. The first floor hall was the work of John Baird in 1876.
Hutcheson's Hall is now A-listed and maintained by the National Trust for Scotland. Hutchesons' Grammar School continues as an independent school, now fee-paying, in the West End of the city.
