{{Use Australian English|date=February 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}} '''William Hodgen''' (1866–1943) was an architect in Queensland, Australia. Many of his works are now heritage-listed. He is also known as William Hodgen, junior.
== Early life == William Hodgen was born in Toowoomba on 9 September 1866, the son of pioneer building contractor William Hodgen and his wife Eliza (née Nelson).<ref name="qhr">{{cite QHR|15285|Boer War Memorial|600510|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bdm.qld.gov.au/IndexSearch/queryEntry.m?type=births|title=Hodgen, William 1866/C622|website=Queensland birth index|publisher=Queensland Government|access-date=26 November 2016|archive-date=12 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312041850/https://www.bdm.qld.gov.au/IndexSearch/queryEntry.m?type=births|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="qhr4">{{cite QHR|16045|Hotel Corones, Charleville|601282|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref>
== Architectural career == From 1886 to 1891, Hodgen was a cadet in the Queensland Colonial Architect's Office in Brisbane from 1886 to 1891.<ref name="qhr" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article217669324|title=NEWS OF THE DAY.|date=16 April 1891|newspaper=Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs General Advertiser|issue=4507|location=Queensland|page=2|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=26 November 2016}}</ref> In 1891, he left for London, where he studied at the Royal Institute of British Architects, whilst working with a number of prominent London architects. He passed his examinations with honours in 1893 and was elected an Associate of the Institute.<ref name="qhr4" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article217679801|title=LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.|date=10 June 1893|newspaper=Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs General Advertiser|issue=4838|location=Queensland|page=3|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=26 November 2016}}</ref>
Hodgen returned to Queensland in December 1896.<ref name="qhr4" /> Hodgen established a private practice in Toowoomba with an advertisement in the ''Darling Downs Gazette'' of 6 February 1897 announcing he was a new Toowoomba architect.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article217725746|title=Advertising|date=6 February 1897|newspaper=Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs General Advertiser|issue=5483|location=Queensland|page=1|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=26 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article217725763|title=LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.|date=6 February 1897|newspaper=Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs General Advertiser|issue=5483|location=Queensland|page=2|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=26 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="qhr2" /> He immediately received a substantial commission from retailer T.C. Beirne for works to his newly established Fortitude Valley premises as well as winning a competition for the new Victoria Wing of the Toowoomba Hospital.<ref name="qhr4" />
Growth and development in both Toowoomba and the Downs and his own efficient work meant he soon had a busy and successful practice. While trained in Queensland, his London experiences and knowledge of the Arts and Crafts movement and Edwardian Classicism were expressed in some of his buildings. However, he tended to employ a Free style, modifying the prevailing Queensland vernacular by introducing individualist elements. His English experiences are reflected in the classicist detailing of entrance pediments using timber, joinery and internal fittings. Hodgen was in practice for 43 years and he designed a large number of buildings varying from small cottages to sporting facilities, halls and large complex hotels in Toowoomba and on the Darling Downs.<ref name="qhr2">{{cite QHR|16085|Kensington|601322|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref>
In April 1907, a public meeting was held in Gatton at which it was decided to erect a memorial. A design competition was announced and it was won by William Hodgen.<ref name="qhr" />
From 1935 he worked in partnership with his sons as W Hodgen and Hodgen, but practised until his death. His portfolio of work was both extensive and broadranging, encompassing homes, institutions, commercial and industrial buildings.<ref name="qhr4" />
== Later life == Hodgen died on 29 June 1943. He left an estate valued at £31,092.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50261109|title=ARCHITECT'S £31,092|date=24 August 1945|newspaper=The Courier-Mail|issue=3732|location=Brisbane|page=5|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=26 November 2016}}</ref> He founded a dynasty of architects in Toowoomba; in addition to sons, his grandson Brian Hodgen and his great-grandson practised as architects in Toowoomba.<ref name="qhr15">{{cite QHR|16080|Alexandra Building|601317|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref>
== Notable works == His notable works include: * 1897: Kensington (residence), Toowoomba<ref name="qhr2" /> * 1899: Victory Wing at Toowoomba Hospital<ref name="qhr9">{{cite QHR|16059|Toowoomba Hospital|601296|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref> * 1901: Extensions to Wesleyan Methodist Church, Toowoomba<ref name="qhr10">{{cite QHR|16451|Wesley Uniting Church|601695|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref> * 1903: Rectory at St Matthew's Anglican Church, Drayton<ref name="qhr7">{{cite QHR|15612|St Matthews Church of England|600837|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref> * 1904: Conversion of Old Toowoomba Court House into Austral Hall, Toowoomba<ref name="AustHall01">{{cite web|url=http://www.toowoomba.qld.gov.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2653&Itemid=329|title=Plaques mark historic Toowoomba sites|date=n.d.|publisher=Toowoomba City Council|accessdate=6 May 2008}}</ref><ref name="qhr13">{{cite QHR|16078|Toowoomba Court House & Old Toowoomba Gaol Wall (former)|601315|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref> * 1904: Tor (residence), Toowoomba<ref name="qhr6">{{cite QHR|16088|Tor|601325|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref> * 1905: Tyson Manor, Toowoomba * 1907: Elphin (residence), Toowoomba<ref name="qhr5">{{cite QHR|16089|Elphin|601326|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref> * 1907: Boer War Memorial, Gatton<ref name="qhr" /> * 1908: Wislet (house and hospital), Toowoomba<ref name="qhr8">{{cite QHR|16087|Wislet (Former Wesley Hospital)|601324|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref> * 1911: Conversion of residence Dalmally into Bishop's House, Toowoomba<ref name="qhr14">{{cite QHR|15620|Bishop's House|600845|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref> * 1912: Freshney House (nurses' quarters), Toowoomba Hospital<ref name="qhr9" /> * 1913: Hotel Charleville, Charleville<ref name="qhr4" /> * 1914: Glennie Memorial School, Toowoomba * 1923: Soldiers Memorial Hall, Toowoomba<ref name="qhr11">{{cite QHR|16060|Soldiers Memorial Hall|601297|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref> * 1924: Hotel Corones, Charleville<ref name="qhr4" /> * 1931: Swimming pool at Glen Alpine, Toowoomba (one of first domestic swimming pools in Toowoomba)<ref name="qhr12">{{cite QHR|15617|Glen Alpine|600842|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref> * 1934: Toowoomba Permanent Building Society<ref name="qhr3">{{cite QHR|15634|Toowoomba Permanent Building Society (former)|600859|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref>
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=== Attribution === File:CC BY icon-80x15.png This Wikipedia article was originally based on [https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/the-queensland-heritage-register ''"The Queensland heritage register"''] published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014, [https://web.archive.org/web/20141008094804/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/the-queensland-heritage-register archived] on 8 October 2014).
== Further reading == * {{Citation|title=The life and work of William Hodgen Jnr. 1867–1943|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/36666181|publication-date=1987|author1=Battams, Anthony Maurice|publisher=[St. Lucia, Qld.]|accessdate=26 November 2016}} * {{Citation|title=Altering the face of Toowoomba : a reflection on selected works of William Hodgen Jnr|publication-date=2014|author1=Parker, John|author2=Searston, Sandra, 1961–|publisher=Vivid Publishing|isbn=978-1-925171-20-4}}
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