Charles Douglas Figgis
Born1849
Ireland
Died1895
Cheltenham
NationalityAustralian
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsBallarat Mining Exchange, The Geelong Club
The Mining Exchange, Ballarat, Victoria designed by C.D. Figgis

Charles Douglas Figgis (1849–1895)[1] was an architect active in Melbourne and Ballarat in the late nineteenth century who was a partner in the firm Caselli and Figgis. He was a Fellow of the Royal Victorian Institute of Architects.[2]

Personal life

Figgis was the second son of parents Samuel Figgis and Sarah Figgis (born Smith). He died in 1895 aged 49 and was buried at Cheltenham.[1] He married Zillah Ann Price in 1878. She died in 1939. They had three children: Ruby Kate born 1879, Charles Samuel born 1882 and Irene Sarah born 1886.[3]

Work

Figgis is noted as the architect of a number of important buildings in Ballarat, Victoria including the Ballarat Town Hall interior, the 1888 Ballarat Mining Exchange, The Geelong Club.[4][5]

Other buildings designed by Figgis include:

  • Lutheran Church, Doveton Street South, Ballarat, 1876
  • St Andrew's Presbyterian Church tower and spire, Ballarat, 1884[6]
  • Ballarat Congregationalist Church, 1862
  • Ballarat East Fire Station
  • group of villas in Malvern, Victoria, c. 1880.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Charles Douglas Figgis (1849 - 1895) - Cheltenham". ancientfaces.com.
  2. ↑ "VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 27 January 1885. p. 7. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Re: Gibbon Wilson". genealogy.com.
  4. ↑ William Bramwell Withers. The History of Ballarat from the First Pastoral Settlement to the Present Time. Ballarat: F. W. Niven and Co., 1887, page 313. [University of Ballarat, Mt Helen Library]
  5. ↑ "Former Mining Exchange". onmydoorstep.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Ballarat a to b". ancestry.com.
  7. ↑ Figgis, C. D. (Charles Douglas); Victorian Vision (1985 : National Gallery of Victoria) (1880), Elevation of proposed villas, Malvern, retrieved 10 June 2015{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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