Frederic Herbert (Herb) Faircloth (1870–1925) was an architect in
Bundaberg,
Queensland
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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.[
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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.
Significant works
Faircloth's significant works include:
* Bundaberg War Memorial
* 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
Queensland National Bank is a heritage-listed former bank building at 327 Kent Street, Maryborough, Queensland, Maryborough, Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Frederic Herbert Faircloth and built from 1914 to 1915 ...
* St Patrick's Catholic Church, Mount Perry
References
Attribution
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Articles incorporating text from the Queensland Heritage Register
Architects from Queensland
1870 births
1925 deaths
People from Bundaberg