Adam Smith House

File:19th-century building at location where Adam Smith lived, 1767-1776.jpg

Adam Smith lived with his mother, in her house, in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, from 1767 to 1776. That house, on the High Street, is where he wrote The Wealth of Nations. The house was torn down in 1834.A historic plaque near the site reads "ADAM SMITH 1723–1790 BORN IN KIRKCALDY. ON THIS SITE STOOD THE HOME OF HIS MOTHER IN WHICH HE LIVED FROM 1767–1776 AND COMPLETED 'THE WEALTH OF NATIONS.' HOUSE REMOVED 1834. His grave is in the Canongate Churchyard, Edinburgh. [Plaque] Erected 1953."; a photograph of the plaque appears at page 20 of "In the Steps of Adam Smith's Kirkcaldy", Kirkcaldy Civic Society, 17, Townsend Cres, Kirkcaldy, KY1 1DN, copyright 2001, {{ISBN|0-946294-43-7}} ) The successor building, at Nos 218–222 High Street, pictured, was built in 1834 and is itself a historic building, holding Category B Listed building status.{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB36344|desc=218-222 (even nos) High Street Adam Smith House|cat=B|access-date=20 March 2019}}

Panmure House (unrelated to the country house of the same name) was Smith's home in Edinburgh, Scotland from 1788 to 1790. In 2008, the house was purchased by the Edinburgh Business School.{{cite web|url=http://organizationsandmarkets.com/2008/05/18/edinburgh-business-school-to-buy-adam-smiths-house/ |title=Edinburgh Business School to Buy Adam Smiths House}} Work began on its restoration into a centre for economic and social debate and the latest academic thinking in July 2016. The building was reopened following restoration in November 2018 by former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.{{Cite web|title=Panmure House: HISTORY & RENOVATION|url=https://www.panmurehouse.org/the-house/history-renovation/|access-date=2021-07-23|website=panmurehouse.org}}

While it was only built in the 1960s,{{Cite web|date=2015-12-10|title=Aberdeen City Conservation Area Character Appraisals and Management Plan|url=https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2015_12_10_conserve_apprais_old_aberdeen.pdf|url-status=live|publisher=Planning and Sustainable Development, Aberdeen City Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506205632/https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2015_12_10_conserve_apprais_old_aberdeen.pdf |archive-date=2021-05-06 }} "Adam Smith House" is also the name of a purpose-built student accommodation building in the Hillhead Student Village, operated by the University of Aberdeen.{{Cite web|title=Adam Smith House {{!}} Accommodation {{!}} The University of Aberdeen|url=https://www.abdn.ac.uk/accommodation/our-accommodation/adam-smith|access-date=2021-05-05|website=www.abdn.ac.uk}}

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Category:Houses in Scotland

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