Architectural Index for Ontario

Information on Architect: Sheard, Matthew

Biography
Place of Birth	Toronto
Date of Death	Mar3,1910

Address: 118 Yonge Street

Intersection: Adelaide Street East

Type of Building: Retail Stores

Notes: Originally part of the Elgin Buildings, a Georgian terrace built in 1850 by Jesse Kethcham, philanthropist and land developer. Here, William Lyon MacKenzie published the WEEKLY MESSENGER. Altered in 1910 by Matthew Sheard for the Ryrie Brothers jewllers and in 1910 by James Havill for Holt Renffrew & Co.. Restored in 1987 by Sandra Seligman.

Address:	118 Yonge Street
Intersection:	Adelaide Street East
Type of Building:	Retail Stores
Notes:	Originally part of the Elgin Buildings, a Georgian terrace built in 1850 by Jesse Kethcham, philanthropist and land developer. Here, William Lyon MacKenzie published the WEEKLY MESSENGER. Altered in 1910 by Matthew Sheard for the Ryrie Brothers jewllers and in 1910 by James Havill for Holt Renffrew & Co.. Restored in 1987 by Sandra Seligman.

Dates
Building completed	c1880s
Altered	1901, 1910
Restored	1987

Journal or book	Year	Month	Page	Vol.	No.
TRAC : newsletter of the Toronto Region Arch....	1991	May	26

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