This is the building opposite the Tom Allan Centre in Elmbank Street which I have been aware of but never really noticed properly, other than knowing it's now Glasgow City Council.
It started life as Glasgow Academy in 1847, designed by Charles Wilson and subsequently became The High School (Glasgow oldest school which dates from 1460) in 1878, before Strathclyde Regional Council took it over in 1970. It changed to Glasgow City Council in 1996.
The four statues were sculpted by John Mossman around 1880 - incidentally he was a good friend of Charles Wilson and apparently they joined forces on other buildings in Glasgow. The statues are L-R, Cicero, Homer, James Watt & Galileo - representing the arts and sciences which revolutionised the western world.
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