Archibald G. Rigg

Archibald G. Rigg was born on April 5, 1878, in Stratford, Ontario, Canada.[1][2] His father, William Rigg, emigrated from Scotland and his mother, Arabella Harvey, from England.[2]

Rigg graduated from the University of Toronto's Trinity College and Columbia University.[1][2]

The Salvation Army Building in Spokane, Washington, designed by Rigg.

The First Presbyterian Church of Whitefish in Whitefish, Montana, designed by Rigg & Vantyne.

Rigg began his career as an architect in Danville, Illinois.[1][2] He subsequently designed residential and commercial buildings in Spokane, Washington and Edmonton, Canada with another Canadian architect, Arthur W. Cowley.[1] Rigg designed the NRHP-listed Salvation Army Building in Spokane in 1921.[3]

With Roland Vantyne, Rigg designed many buildings in Spokane and Tacoma.[1] They also designed the First Presbyterian Church in Whitefish, Montana, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).[4]

Rigg designed two buildings on the campus of Washington State University: Abelson Hall with Vantyne in 1935, and Engineering Laboratory Building in 1942.[1]

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."[1]

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)[1]
• Engineering Laboratory Building (1942), Washington State University[1]

Rigg was married to Mayme Ethel Beck.[1] They resided in Spokane, and they had a daughter.[1] Rigg was a Freemason.[1] He died on February 18, 1959, in Spokane.[1]