The identity of the man behind one of a series of signatures uncovered during renovation works at the former Kinross County Buildings has been revealed.
Cecil Baillie Chalmers made his mark while plastering ceilings at the property in 1932.
His name was one of those uncovered during work to convert the property into a small business centre and caf.
His son David, who lives in Perth, said it was common for his father to sign his work.
He said he was surprised to see photographs of his father’s signature when they appeared in The Courier earlier this week, but had immediately recognised his handwriting.
He said: “When I saw the photo of the scribble on the plaster I thought it couldn’t be anyone other than him. It’s similar to writing I have seen in his other papers.
“Apparently they did it quite regularly.”
Born in 1902, Mr Chalmers Sr was 29 and working in the family business D Chalmers & Sons.
David said: “The family firm was started in 1826 by my great-great grandfather, David Chalmers. My great-grandfather and grandfather kept it going and it was just handed down the generations.
“My father’s trade was as a plasterer. Two of his brothers were killed in the First World War in Belgium within six months of each other so it was more or less understood he would go into the family business.
“At one time he was the dux of Kinross Secondary school, so he was quite a clever man and might have gone on to other things but he decided to become part of the firm.
“I recollect him telling me that he had done quite a lot of work on the roof area of Kinross House at one time and was quite proud of the fact that he had left his signature marked somewhere on the roof for future generations to see.”
He added: “I have a family history I have been doing for quite a while and I am going to add this to that it’s just another wee bit of the jigsaw.”
Mr Chalmers Sr died in 1975 aged 72.