Edgar Quiggin was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 5 February 1880. He attended Liverpool School of Architecture and Applied Art from 1897 to 1899 and was awarded a B.Arch. in 1899. He He was then articled to Henry Hartley from 1899 to 1902, and remained with him as his assistant in 1902. He qualified in 1904, and subsequently practised as an architect in Liverpool. By 1909 he had formed a partnership with Henry Milnthorpe Appleyard (1873-1941) as Appleyard & Quiggin. They had an office at 67 Lord Street, Liverpool. In 1909 Appleyard & Quiggin was selected 3rd place in a competition to design the Municipal Secondary School for Boys and Girls in Bury, Lancashire. Their entry is illustrated in British Competitions in Architecture vol. 2, no. 23, July 1909 (pp. 355-357).
In c.1926 with Ernest Gee (1888-1973) Quiggin formed the architectural partnership Quiggin & Gee which had an office at North House, 17 North John Street, Liverpool. They remained in partnership until at least 1939.
Quiggin was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1905 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1915. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1905 and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1915.
Quiggin's address was given as 8 Harrington Street, Liverpool and Tunstall, Blundellsands, Liverpool in 1905; 67 Lord Street, Liverpool in 1909 and 1914; Harrington Chambers, 24, North John Street, Liverpool in 1923 and 1930; North House, 17 North John Street, Liverpool and 4 Linden Avenue, Crosby, Lancashire in 1939; and Ballamodha, Linden Avenue, Blundellsands, Liverpool in 1950. Quiggin died in Liverpool on 4 February 1950
War Memorial, Christ. Church, Waterloo. Addition to: — Wesleyan Church, Blundellsands; Congregational Church, Garaton, etc. Flats, Muirhead Avenue. Liverpool (Liverpool Corporation). Infants High School, Wallasey: Liverpool Colleges for Girls at Huyton, Liverpool, etc., and tho various schools mentioned under "Comp." Commercial buildings: — Garston Tanning Co., Ltd., Ray and Miles, Legal and General Assurance Society, Ltd., E. T. Gee and Sons, ltd. Houses: — Caldy, Heswall, Spital, Meols, Blundellsands, Harrogate, Gayton, Parkgate and Bidston. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1926]
See also Quiggin & Gee
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 2: L-Z. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001
‘Obituary’. RIBA Journal vol. 57, March 1950 ppp.202-203
Sharples, Joseph, Powers, Alan and Shippobottom, Michael. Charles Reilly & the Liverpool School of Architecture 1904-1933. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 25 October 1996 - 2 February 1997. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1996 pp. 176 [Contains other references to Quiggin, unfortunately, this very informative catalogue is not indexed]
Who's Who in Architecture 1926. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: The Architectural Press, 1926