Basic Biographical Details

Name:	James Foggie & Son
Designation:
Born:	1894
Died:	1920
Bio Notes:	James Foggie was born in Ferryport-on-Craig (now Tayport) on 13 June 1834, the son of a joiner there. He was educated at Tayport and Dundee High School prior to being apprenticed to his father as a joiner. At the end of his apprenticeship he obtained a place with Pugin's London builder George Myers and remained with him before deciding to return to Dundee and become an architect. He obtained a place with George Mathewson, then practising from West Ferry and on his death in the mid 1850s completed his architectural education with James Paterson. Foggie then commenced practice from a tenement flat in Dundee, initially designing mainly for the family building firm and specialising in working class and middle class tenement housing. After some years in practice he was elected to Dundee Town Council for the Fifth Ward, becoming a Baillie in 1874, and later also a police commissioner in his native Tayport. He was also prominent in the Nine Trades as boxmaster of the Wrights. Foggie married Margaret Kilgour on 2 January 1855. Among their many children were James Kilgour Foggie, an art dealer with house and gallery at Balgay Terrace, 162 City Road, Milnbank; David Foggie RSA, a distinguished artist; and Thomas Kilgour Foggie, born 15 June 1870, who was articled to his father c.1885-90, attended classes at Dundee Technical College and travelled in France. He was made a partner in 1894 as James Foggie & Son, and succeeded to the practice on his father's death in 1895, specialising in suburban houses, most of which were in a simple harled Harrison Townsend and Voysey-derived idiom. He was admitted LRIBA on 24 June 1912; his practice, never large, suffered severely during the First World War and his final years were spent in considerable financial distress. Frank Thomson recalled that he was near to tears when pleading with his father, James Thomson, the City Architect, for a share of the Addison Act housing in 1919, but it had already been allocated. He died in 1920.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
	Address	Type	Date from	Date to	Notes
	45, Commercial Street, Dundee, Scotland	Business	Before 1911	After 1912

Employment and Training

Employees or Pupils

The following individuals were employed or trained by this (click on an item to view details):
	Name	Date from	Date to	Position	Notes
	James Foggie	1894	1895	Partner
	Thomas Kilgour Foggie	1894	1920	Partner

Buildings and Designs

This was involved with the following buildings or structures from the date specified (click on an item to view details):
	Date started	Building name	Town, district or village	Island	City or county	Country	Notes
	After 1894	Dalgarth	Downfield		Dundee	Scotland
	After 1894	Villa for W S Taylor			Dundee	Scotland	Thomas Kilgour Foggie responsible
	1898	Panmure Church and halls	Monifieth		Angus	Scotland	Hall
	1907	Tillydrine			Dundee	Scotland	Date given by Gifford.
	c. 1907	Ault-na-Craig			Dundee	Scotland
	1910	Rocknowe			Dundee	Scotland
	c. 1910	14-16 Bingham Terrace			Dundee	Scotland
	c. 1910	38-48 Dalkeith Road			Dundee	Scotland

References

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