Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Architect: Langley, Henry

Biography
Date of Birth 1836
Place of Birth Toronto
Date of Death Jan. 1907
Education Apprenticed under Toronto architect William Hay
Notes Left William Hay's office in 1862 and formed a partnership with Thomas Gundry until 1869 (Gundry's death). Practiced alone until 1872 when he entered into a partnership with his brother Edward and his nephew Edmund Burke. SEE ALSO: Langley Langley and Burke. Edward retired in 1883, and the firm was known as Langley & Burke until 1892. SEE ALSO: Edmund Burke.

Address: 36 Adelaide Street East
Intersection: Toronto Street
Type of Building: Post Offices
Name of Building: Eighth Post Office
Notes: Also known as the General Post Office.

Dates
Building completed 1872-1874
Demolished 1960

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Journal of Canadian Art History 1982 n/a 209 6 2
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 110-
National Post 2000 June G11 Sat. 17th
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 104-5

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Address: 252 Adelaide Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Bank of Upper Canada

Dates
Building completed 1825-1827

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
252 Adelaide Street East : a profile... 1980 n/a all
Canadian Architect 1982 April 29 27 4
Canadian Interiors 1983 Jan/Feb 34-35 20 2
Canadian Interiors 1982 Jan/Feb 8 19 1/2
Fred Cumberland : Building the Victorian Dream 1997 n/a 258
Iron: Cast and wrought iron in Canada.... 1982 X 119
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 234
Money Matters 1990 X 33-34
Rotunda 1992 Spring 47-49 24 2
Toronto Star 1978 July ? 2nd
Toronto Star 1975 July ? 21st
Toronto Star 1985 April ? 20th
Toronto Star 1978 July G9 Sat. 15th
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 x 12

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Address: 258 Adelaide Street East
Type of Building: Private Schools
Name of Building: De La Salle Institute
Notes: SEE ALSO: 252 Adelaide Street East .

Dates
Building completed 1871

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Houses of old Toronto 1977 n/a 62-64

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Address: 65 Church Street
Intersection: King Street East
Type of Building: Churches
Name of Building: St. James Cathedral no.4
Notes: Present church is the FOURTH church (all names for St. James) to stand on the site. The first Church existed from 1807 to 1833. The second church (by Thomas Rogers) burnt down in 1839. The third St. James (designed by architect Thomas Young) burnt down on April 7, 1849. Plans for another church were made shortly thereafter. William Storm and Henry Langley designed the tower, spire and pinnacles that were added 1867-1874. Sir Casimir Gzowski designed the brick and sandstone wall with cast-iron ornament, lamps and entrance gates. Most of these were torn down in 1960.

Dates
Unknown significance 1849-1850
Competition 1849
Cornerstone laid 20 Nov 1850
Building completed 1853
Altered 1867-74spir

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Construction 1927 June 174+ 20
Construction 1931 April 132+ 24
Eye Weekly 2001 Nov. 15 22nd
Fred Cumberland : Building the Victorian Dream 1997 n/a 124+
Globe & Mail 1997 Aug. C2 13th
Globe & Mail 2001 Feb. A18 Tues 27th
Globe & Mail 1997 June C23 Sat. 7th
Globe & Mail 2001 Jan. R1,R4 Wee. 31st
Globe & Mail 2001 Jan. A1+ Fri. 19th
Globe & Mail 2001 July A17 13th
Globe & Mail 2001 Nov. A18 Sat. 5th
Globe & Mail 1997 Nov. C19 Sat. 15th
Globe & Mail 2001 Jan. ? Tues 16th
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1927 Nov. 399 4 11
National Post 2001 Feb. N1+ Sat. 24th
National Post 2001 Feb. A16 Mon. 5th
National Post 2001 March F1,F3 Sat 10th
Parish and Cathedral of St. James' 1998 n/a all
Rotunda 1992 Spr. 27-33 24 7
Toronto Life 2001 Dec. 100++
Toronto Star 2001 March F3 Sun 11th
Toronto Star 2002 April B2 Mon 29th
Toronto Star 2001 April B2 25th
Toronto Star 2001 July B1,B4 13th
Toronto Star 2001 Mar. F3 Sun. 1th
Toronto Star 2001 Jan. B2 17th
Toronto Star 2001 Feb. B5 19th
Toronto Star 2001 Feb. A1+ Mon. 5th
Toronto Star 200 Aug. M2 Sat. 5th
Toronto Star 1999 May B2 11th
Toronto Star 1973 Dec ? 17th
Toronto Star 2001 July B2 Mon 23rd
Toronto Star 1983 Oct ? 17th
Toronto Star 1973 Sept ? 2nd
William Thomas, Architect 1799-1860 1996 n/a 46-47

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Address: 56 Queen Street East
Intersection: Bond Street
Type of Building: Churches
Name of Building: Metropolitan United Church
Notes: Initially known as the Metropolitan Wesleyan Methodist Church. (Name of church on original architectural drawings is the McGill Square Church). Gutted by fire Jan.30, 1928. Rebuilt by J. Gibb Morton in 1928-1929, preserving the front wall and much of the tower.

Dates
Building completed 1872
Altered 1929
Demolished 1928-fire

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1990 June 42-43 15 2
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 144+
Rotunda 1992 Spr. 27-33 24 7
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 8,23
Toronto Star 1976 Feb. ? 7th
Toronto Star 1976 Feb. ? 7th

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Address: 34 Wellington Street East
Intersection: Leader Lane
Type of Building: Stock Exchanges
Name of Building: Toronto Exchange
Notes: Wellington Street facade altered by Henry Langley in 1877. PLANS FOR THE BUILDING IN MTRL'S BALDWIN ROOM.

Dates
Foundation started 1851
Building completed 1855
Altered 1877

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 72-75
Romanesque Head Office of Confederation Life Assn. 1997 n/a 10

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Address: 156 Winchester Street
Type of Building: Houses
Notes: Originally the home of Daniel Lamb. Victorian picket fence, designed by Henry Langley no longer stands, however the wooden gate is a replica of the original.

Dates
Foundation started 1830s,1860s

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Cabbagetown In Pictures 1984 n/a 4
Cabbagetown remembered 1984 n/a 111
Cabbagetown: The Story of... 1998 n/a 1,78+

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Address: 200 Winchester Street
Type of Building: Chapels
Name of Building: Toronto Necropolis Chapel

Dates
Building completed 1872

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Cabbagetown In Pictures 1984 n/a 10
Cabbagetown: The Story of... 1998 n/a 36-37
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 26
Toronto Star 2001 Dec. J2 8th

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Address: 49 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Banks
Name of Building: Bank of British North America
Notes: Changed to the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

Dates
Building completed 1873-1874
Altered 1903

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto 1989 Nov. 29 4 8
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 105-6
Toronto Calendar Magazine 1974 April 35-39