page_title: Robert McDougall (philanthropist)
section_title: Legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Robert McDougall (philanthropist) / Legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Fitzroy&#160;: residence of R.E. McDougall (1860-1942), Papanui Road, Christchurch. Built around 1900 by the England brothers, this house was the family home of the McDougalls until 1949 when the family gave it to the Nurse Maude District Nursing Association. In 1932 the garden was winner of Class C, Home Gardens, Competition for St Albans district.
context_page_description: Robert Ewing McDougall, sometimes referred to as Robert Euing McDougall, was a businessman, and philanthropist from Christchurch, New Zealand. He was the benefactor of the Robert McDougall Art Gallery.
context_section_description: His interest in art led him to donate £26,000 to go towards the building of a new Art Gallery for Christchurch in the Botanic Gardens now called the Robert McDougall Art Gallery. His family home in Merivale, called Fitzroy was donated to the nursing organization Nurse Maude where it is still based today and now named McDougall House. The street in Christchurch McDougall Avenue is named after McDougall.
caption: McDougall's family home Fitzroy; now known as McDougall House
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