{{Short description|Scottish-born architect in Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} '''Charles McLay''' (circa 1860 – 2 May 1918) was a Scottish-born architect in Queensland, Australia. Some of his works are now heritage-listed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=203605|title=Charles McLay|last=|first=|date=|website=Dictionary of Scottish Architects 1660-1980|publisher=|access-date=6 December 2016}}</ref>
== Architectural career == After working for a number of years in the Public Works Department in the Queensland Government Architect's Office, McLay entered into a partnership with Henry Wallace Atkinson in 1906, trading as Atkinson and McLay.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183234314|title=PERSONAL|date=3 May 1918|newspaper=Darling Downs Gazette|issue=8482|location=Queensland, Australia|page=4|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=6 December 2016}}</ref>
== Other interests == McLay joined the Naval Defence Force as a sub-lieutenant on 6 May 1898 and was promoted to lieutenant on 31 October 1901. He was commander when he was placed on the retired list of the Australian Naval Brigade on 15 January 1910.<ref name=":0" /> Following the resignation of Robin Dods, McLay was appointed Diocesan Architect to the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane in 1916; it passed to Atkinson after McLay's death in 1918.<ref name="qhr">{{cite QHR|16794|Ithaca Town Council Chambers and Red Hill Kindergarten (former)|602058|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref>
== Later life == McLay died suddenly at his home on 2 May 1918.<ref name=":0" /> His funeral was held on 3 May 1918 and he was buried in Bulimba Cemetery.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20224562|title=Family Notices|date=3 May 1918|newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|issue=18,811|location=Queensland, Australia|page=6|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=6 December 2016}}</ref>
==Significant works== * 1886: Customs House, Brisbane<ref>{{cite QHR|14931|Brisbane Customs House (former)|600156|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref> * 1889: Stewart's Creek Gaol, in the Queensland Colonial Architect's Office<ref>{{cite QHR|16895|Stewart's Creek Gaol (former)|601250|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref> *1890–1891: Queensport Hotel (now Queensport Tavern), 49 Gibson Road, Murarrie ({{Coord|-27.4404|153.1302|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=|name=Queensport Tavern}})<ref>{{Cite BrisbaneHR|2224|Queensport Hotel|accessdate=9 April 2020}}</ref> * 1895: Lady Norman Wing of the Brisbane General Hospital, with John James Clark<ref>{{cite QHR|16639|Brisbane General Hospital Precinct|601903|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref> * 1895–1896: Nazareth Lutheran Church, Woolloongabba<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nazareth Lutheran Church & Sunday School |url=https://heritage.brisbane.qld.gov.au/heritage-places/1823 |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=Brisbane Heritage Register}}</ref> * 1910: Ithaca Town Council Chambers, as Atkinson and McLay<ref name="qhr"/> * 1912: McWhirters Department Store, as Atkinson and McLay<ref>{{cite QHR|14989|McWhirters Marketplace|600214|accessdate=15 August 2015}}</ref> * 1916: Bandstand at Eagle Farm Racecourse, as Atkinson and McLay<ref>{{cite QHR|17016|Eagle Farm Racecourse and Ascot Railway Station|602195|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref>
== See also == * List of Australian architects
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