Frederic Herbert (Herb) Faircloth (1870–1925) was an architect in

Bundaberg Bundaberg is a city in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia, and is the tenth largest city in the state. Bundaberg's regional area has a population of 70,921, and is a major centre of the Wide Bay–Burnett geographical region. The Bun ...

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, Australia. Many of his buildings are now heritage-listed.

Early life

Frederic Herbert Faircloth was born in Maryborough, Queensland on 16 June 1870, the son of George Faircloth, a police magistrate, and his wife Maria Arkley (nee Dun).

Architectural career

Faircloth was a pupil of German-trained Bundaberg architect

Anton Hettrich Anton Hettrich (1860-1946) was a German-born architect in Queensland, Australia. A number of his buildings are now heritage-listed. Hettrich emigrated to Queensland from Germany in 1870 when he set up in practice as an architect in Bundaberg. He ...

. Faircloth set up his own practice in Bundaberg in 1893 and was very successful, eventually being responsible for the design of almost every major building there. He was also to have a major effect on the appearance and character of Childers where he was engaged to design replacement buildings after much of the main street was destroyed by fire in 1902.

Later life

Herb Faircloth died on 8 July 1925 in Bundaberg General Hospital. He was supervising the construction of new Roman Catholic and Anglican churches in Bundaberg at the time of his death. He was buried in Bundaberg General Cemetery.

Significant works

Faircloth's significant works include: *

Bundaberg War Memorial Bundaberg War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Bourbong Street, Bundaberg Central, Bundaberg, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Frederic Herbert Faircloth and built from 1920 to 1921 by Anselm & Odling (Sydne ...

Barambah Homestead Barambah Homestead is a heritage-listed homestead at Goomeri Road, Barambah, Gympie Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Frederic Herbert Faircloth and built from 1843 to 1880s circa. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Regist ...

* Queensland National Bank, Maryborough * St Patrick's Catholic Church, Mount Perry

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Attribution

{{DEFAULTSORT:Faircloth, Frederic Herbert Articles incorporating text from the Queensland Heritage Register Architects from Queensland 1870 births 1925 deaths People from Bundaberg