Alfred Giles (May 23, 1853 – August 13, 1920) was a British architect who emigrated to the United States in 1873 at the age of 20.

Based in San Antonio, his buildings can be found predominantly in south Texas and northern Mexico.

From 1864 to 1868, he attended the Proprietary School at Gravesend, Kent with a goal of entering the ministry in the Church of England.

Giles moved to the drier climate of San Antonio, Texas, in 1875 for health reasons and spent the next three years working for building contractor John H.

[4] Alfred Giles added the Bandera County jail in 1881 to the already existing 1880 courthouse designed by B.F. Trester.

The two buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Place in 1979 as Bandera County Courthouse and Jail.

[21] Giles submitted a winning bid to design the Beaux-Arts style Webb County Courthouse in 1909.

The plans specified yellow brick with white stone and red tile mansard roofs.

[27][28]: 54 The similar Classical Revival style Live Oak County Courthouse was designed by Giles in 1919.

[29][30] In 1880, retired Confederate States Army surgeon Claudius King had Giles design his home.

The Dr. Claudius E. R. King House, used as both home and office by the physician, became a Recorded Texas Historical Landmark in 1973.

[31] In 1881, Giles was contracted to design the house for the Commanding General at Fort Sam Houston.

[32] The Emil Elmendorf House was designed by Giles in 1884 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Bexar County realtor William Harvey Maverick contracted with Giles in 1883 to design the Romanesque style Maverick-Carter House, which appeared on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

[37][38] While serving as United States Ambassador to Belgium, Terrell became fascinated with European castles.

[39] At the San Antonio Botanical Garden, the 7,675 square feet (710 m2) Daniel J. Sullivan Stable and Carriage House was designed by Giles in 1896.

At a cost of $325,000 in 1988, the San Antonio Conservation Society had the house re-assembled at the botanical gardens.

[41] Giles designed only one church, located at the intersection of Presa and Carolina Street in downtown San Antonio.

[43][44] The Edward Steves Homestead, which became a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1970, is believed to have been designed by Giles while he was an employee of John H.

[53] [54] In 1879, in what became known as the Comfort Historic District, the completion of the Giles-designed August Faltin Building was constructed by John H. Kampmann.

During the Prohibition years, the building was operated as a grocery store and ice cream parlor.

[60][61] The 1897 Paul Ingenhuett Home at 421 Eighth Street in the Comfort Historic District was also designed by Giles.

[67] Giles was contracted to draw up plans for a new Cheston L. Heath School to be located at 900 Lipan in Corpus Christi, on land purchased by the Corpus Christi Independent School District in 1901[68] Philanthropist Ira Hobart Evans purchased a house at 708 San Antonio Street in Austin in 1892, and hired Giles for a remodeling of the structure.

[69] Circa 1881, Giles designed a $29,000 two-story bank building for Pat and Daniel Milmo on the corner of Lincoln and Salinas in Laredo in Webb County.

[2] Giles and his brother-in-law Judge John Herndon James[72] became partners in the Hillingdon Ranch in Kendall County, near Comfort, around 1885.