Architects

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Alexander Eliezer (or Eleazer) Duguid

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17/05/1926

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1850

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22/03/1916

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Alexander Eliezer (or Eleazer - sources vary) Duguid was born in Aboyne in 1850, the second son of William Duguid, a house carpenter, and his wife Jane. A third son, John, born 1839, became a farmer. Alexander trained in his father's business as did his eldest brother William. In April 1868 an advertisement appeared in the Aberdeen Journal which announced that William Duguid, builder, had been in practice for some thirty years in Boghead, Aboyne and at that time his sons were joining him in business. Large new premises were being built in Ballater. In 1871 the family was living in Dee Bank, Glenmuick and at this time the William Duguid senior employed seven men. By 1881 he employed six men. In the early 1880s Alexander studied at Aberdeen School of Art, receiving a full award in the elementary section in August 1881. He presumably continued classes until gaining a qualification in architecture.

For health reasons Alexander Duguid emigrated to Australia arriving in Melbourne, Victoria, January 1884 with his wife and young family. [Artefacts gives his date of emigration as 1882]. He practiced in Flemington and Melbourne and as well as private houses, factories and retail premises was responsible for a number of churches and other public buildings. He was also active in civic affairs. Duguid was well established in the community in Melbourne and by the early 1890s was president of the society of teachers of the schools of design.

He was still in Melbourne in 1896 as a theodolite was reported as stolen from his office in May of that year. The 1896 Australian depression may have induced him to leave what seems to have been at least in the 1880s a prosperous practice. He left Sydney for South Africa on 24 May 1897 on the mail steamer Prince Regent Luitpold. In South Africa he was in practice in Stellenbosch from 1897 to 1902 when he left for Johannesburg where he appears to have set up practice on his own account. Duguid appears to have worked frequently in Scottish Baronial style, notably for private house designs. His best known building, at least among his contemporaries, was a large house named 'Toward' on the Berea in Johannesburg, in the same baronial style. Duguid was also the first president of the Short Hand Writers' Association.

He died in Johannesburg on 22 March 1916.

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The following private or business addresses are associated with this person:

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Address	Class	Date From Char	Date From Type	Date To Char	Date To Type	Notes
Ballater Aberdeenshire Scotland	Private/business
Rose Cottage Ballater Aberdeenshire Scotland	Private
102 Frances Street Bellevue Johannesburg South Africa	Private

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Address	Class	Date From
Ballater Aberdeenshire Scotland	Private/business	187
Collins Street Melbourne Australia	Business	1886
Racecourse Road Newmarket Melbourne Australia	Business	1886

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This person was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):

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Building Name	Date Started	Town, District or Village	City or County	Country	Notes
Logie Coldstone Parish Church	In year 1875	Logie Coldstone	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	Alterations and additions (including belltower, vestry, porch and gables)
Farm of East Town	In year 1875	Tarland	Aberdeenshire	Scotland
Albert Memorial, Victoria Hall and Gordon Institute	In year 1876	Ballater	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	Albert memorial
School and Teacher's House	In year 1880	Glenmuick	Aberdeenshire	Scotland
Burial Vault	In year 1881	Glenmuick	Aberdeenshire	Scotland
Allargue House	In year 1881		Aberdeenshire	Scotland	Reconstruction
Free Church Manse	In year 1882	Crathie	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	Architect of the building
Glencairn for James Urie	In year 1885	Flemington	Victoria	Australia
Hall	In year 1885	Flemington	Victoria	Australia
Princess Street Hall	In year 1886	Flemington	Victoria	Australia
Langlands' Foundry Company Limited	In year 1886		Melbourne	Australia
Bible Christian Church	In year 1886	Hotham Hill	Victoria	Australia
Newmarket Haven, Mr Rigby's residence	In year 1886	Newmarket	Melbourne	Australia
Mr Jones' new shops	In year 1887		Melbourne	Australia
Wesleyan Church	1887/06	North Essendon	Melbourne	Australia

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The following books contain references to this person:

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Author	Title	Date	Publisher	Part	Notes
www.artefacts.co.za	www.artefacts.co.za		Website of artefacts, for the recording of South African buildings

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The following periodicals contain references to this person:

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Periodical Name	Publisher	Date Circ	Edition	Notes
The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria)		1896/05/16
The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria)		1890/06/04
Aberdeen Journal		1881/08/20
Aberdeen Journal		1881/06/18

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The following archives hold material relating to this person:

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Archive Name	Source	Source Cat No	Building Id	Item Name	Notes
Censuses	Census records online	201011
Information sent via \'Contact Us\' on website	Courtesy of M Kenny	201278			Sent April 2012

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