Charles Douglas 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]

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

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. "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
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