Keywords: Scottish Widows building cropped image (1).jpg Picture section of old postcard of Park Row Leeds West Yorkshire England On the right with two double-pillared porticos is a block of offices built for the Leeds branch of Scottish Widows insurance company in 1869 designed by architect George Corson The stone carving was executed by Mawer and Ingle This early image shows that it was built with two porticos as planned As of 2016 only one portico remains Dated by type of image Edwardian costume and halfpenny stamp requirement on reverse Also the divided back is a novelty introduced 1902-1905 as it says this space as well as the back may now be used for communication Scan of original postcard in my possession 1902 1905 unknown File Scottish Widows building Park Row archive image jpg<br/> File Scottish Widows building cropped 2 jpg Scottish Widows building Leeds archive images PD-old-70-1923 |