Charles Douglas Figgis | |
Nationality: | Australian |
Birth Date: | 1849 |
Birth Place: | Ireland |
Death Date: | 1895 |
Death Place: | Cheltenham |
Significant Buildings: | Ballarat Mining Exchange, The Geelong Club |
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]
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]
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: