Archibald G. Rigg
# Archibald G. Rigg

Archibald G. Rigg (April 5, 1878 – February 18, 1959) was a Canadian-born American architect. Over the course of his career, he designed hundreds of buildings in the Northwestern United States.

## Early life

Archibald G. Rigg was born on April 5, 1878, in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. His father, William Rigg, emigrated from Scotland and his mother, Arabella Harvey, from England.

Rigg graduated from the University of Toronto's Trinity College and Columbia University.

## Career

Rigg began his career as an architect in Danville, Illinois. He subsequently designed residential and commercial buildings in Spokane, Washington and Edmonton, Canada with another Canadian architect, Arthur W. Cowley. Rigg designed the NRHP-listed Salvation Army Building in Spokane in 1921.

With Roland Vantyne, Rigg designed many buildings in Spokane and Tacoma. They also designed the First Presbyterian Church in Whitefish, Montana, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Rigg designed two buildings on the campus of Washington State University: Abelson Hall with Vantyne in 1935, and Engineering Laboratory Building in 1942.

Over the course of his career, "Rigg designed hundreds of buildings in a wide range of architectural styles spanning from the Revival period of the teens and twenties and into the post WWII era."

## Works

Works include:

* First Presbyterian Church (1921) in Whitefish, Montana, NRHP-listed
* Salvation Army Building (1921), 245 W. Main Ave., Spokane, Washington, NRHP-listed
* Abelson Hall (1935), Washington State University (with Vantyne)
* Engineering Laboratory Building (1942), Washington State University

## Personal life and death

Rigg was married to Mayme Ethel Beck. They resided in Spokane, and they had a daughter. Rigg was a Freemason. He died on February 18, 1959, in Spokane.

