Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Architect: Mathers & Haldenby, (firm)


Biography
Notes Alvan Sherlock Mathers born in Aberfoyle, Ontario July 16, 1896. Studied architecture under John M. Lyle and C.W. Jeffreys Died in Toronto on Jan. 27, 1965. Eric Wilson Haldenby born in Toronto in 1893 and died in Toronto (Oct. 18, 1971). Partnership formed in 1921.


Address: 320 Bay Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Canada Permanent Building
Notes: Architects vary in some sources.

Dates
Building completed c1928

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Beaux-arts Toronto 1973 n/a 19-20
Natural cut stone for fine buildings 195? n/a unpgd
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 66
Year-Book 1933 n/a pl.94

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Address: 61 Binscarth Road
Type of Building: Architect-designed houses
Name of Building: Wood Residence


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Year-Book 1933 n/a pl.29

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Address: 56 Church Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Imperial Oil Building
Notes: Occupied street nos.56-60 Church Street.

Dates
Tenders called Nov 1915
Excavation started Nov 1915
Foundation started Dec 1915
Building completed July 1916

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1955 Nov/Dec 10 1
Construction 1917 March 77-88 10
Construction 1915 Dec. 513 8
Construction 1927 March 93-96 20
Construction 1915 Dec. 516 8
Construction 1915 Dec. 515 8
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1912 April 68 26 3rd
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1923 May 47 37 23rd
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1922 Dec. 50 36 13th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1925 Aug. 802 39 12th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 2000 April 331-2 5th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1919 March 45 33 26th

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Address: 40 College Street
Type of Building: Police Stations
Name of Building: Metro Toronto Police HQ


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1990 July 7 35 7
Canadian Architect 1989 May 8 34 5
Globe & Mail 1983 Sept. ? 20th
Globe & Mail 1982 April ? 2nd
Globe & Mail 1983 Oct. ? 27th
Globe & Mail 1984 June ? 2nd
Globe & Mail 1984 May ? 30th
Toronto Star 1985 Sept ? 13th
Toronto Star 1984 May ? 30th
Toronto Star 1986 Jan. ? 17th

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Address: 101 College Street
Type of Building: Hospitals
Name of Building: Toronto General Hospital no.2
Notes: Bell Wing, built 1909-1919 being (partially?) demolished as part of a $350M redevelopment plan.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architecture and Design 1959 August n/a 23 n/a
Building 1999 Jun/Jul 27+ 49 3
Building for Beauty 194? n/a 7
Canadian Architect 2002 Mar. 14-15 47 3
Globe & Mail 2001 May A16 Mon 14th
National Post 2001 Feb. A22 Thur 8th
Toronto Star 2001 March B2 19th

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Address: 101 College Street
Type of Building: Hospitals
Name of Building: John David Eaton Building


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1982 August 23 27 8

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Address: 112 College Street
Type of Building: Research Buildings
Name of Building: Charles H. Best Institute
Notes: University of Toronto. Houses the Banting & Best Department of Medical Research.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architecture and Design 1959 Aug. ? 23

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Address: 117 Dunvegan Road
Type of Building: Houses


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Homes 1936 Aug.Sep 4

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Address: 0 Finch Avenue West
Type of Building: Houses
Name of Building: Shadowbrooke
Notes: 40-acre estate initially the home of Senator Frederic Nicholls. Home of Hamiltin B. Wills from 1925-1947. Sold to Dr. Gordon Bell, who operated a treatment centre there until 1954, when the St. Bernard's Private Convelescent Hospital opened in the Wills house.

Dates
Building completed c1915

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
North York Post 2000 Jan. 59

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Address: 10 Glengowan Road
Type of Building: Houses

Dates
Building completed 1929

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Lawrence Park Walk 1982 n/a 4

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Address: 44 King Street West
Type of Building: Office Towers
Name of Building: Bank of Nova Scotia
Notes: Occupies the site of the Cawthra House, built in 1852 and demolished in May 1948 - SEE: no. 275 Bay Street. The Bank of Nova Scotia was designed by John M. Lyle in 1928/1929 but built by Mathers & Haldenby (with Beck & Eadie) in 1949-1951. Carved bas-relief panels on the facade designed and executed by sculptor Fred Winkler.

Dates
Building completed 1951

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architecture and Design 1956 June ? 20
John M. Lyle : toward a Canadian architecture 1982 n/a 114-
Natural cut stone for fine buildings 195? n/a unpgd
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 1997 Fall 7-8 5 3
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 1997 Spring 30 5 1
Toronto Calling 1951 Oct. 8-11 2 2
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 32

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Address: 140 King Street West
Type of Building: Publishing Offices
Name of Building: Globe and Mail Building no.2
Notes: Fred Winkler was sculptor of the bas-relief panels.

Dates
Building completed 1938
Demolished 1974

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Natural cut stone for fine buildings 195? n/a unpgd
Romanesque Head Office of Confederation Life Assn. 1997 n/a 93

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Address: 15 King's College Circle
Type of Building: Colleges
Name of Building: University College

Dates
Cornerstone laid 4 Oct 1856
Building completed Oct 1858
Altered 1890-1892
Demolished 1890-fire

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Builder: an illustrated weekly magazine... 1859 Sept. 607 17 10th
Builder: an illustrated weekly magazine... 1859 Nov. 782 17 26th
Builder: an illustrated weekly magazine... 1871 Feb. 120 24 18th
Canadian Architect 1980 April 16-19 25 4
Canadian Architect 1980 Nov. 48 25 11
Canadian Architect 1968 Jan. 33 13
Canadian Architect & Builder 1890 Sept. supp 3
Canadian Architect & Builder 1893 Jan. 14 6
Canadian Architect & Builder 1892 Aug. 81 5
Canadian Architect & Builder 1889 Sept. 102+ 2
Canadian Architect & Builder 1890 Mar. 25 3
Canadian Architect & Builder 1895 Jan. 7 8
Canadian Architect & Builder 1898 Jan. 3,5++ 11
Canadian Contract Record 1889 Feb. 2 1
Canadian Geographical Journal 1938 Dec. 300 17
Canadian Geographical Journal 1931 May 352+ 2
Canadian Illustrated News 1875 Oct. 274++ 12 30th
Canadian Illustrated News 1878 Nov. 297 18 9th
Canadian Magazine of Politics… 1900 May 26 15
Canadian Magazine of Politics… 1926 June 15 65
Canadian Magazine of Politics… 1924 Jan. 27 62
Canadian Magazine of Politics… 1896 April 549 6
Canadian Magazine of Politics… 1903 Dec. 113 22
City: the Toronto Star Sunday Magazine 1979 Dec. 14+ 8th
Construction 1927 June 174++ 20
Construction 1931 Apr. 132++ 24
Dominion Illustrated 1890 March 148+ 4 8th
Dominion Illustrated 1888 Aug. 85-86 1 11th
Dominion Illustrated 1890 Feb. 119+ 4 22nd
Fred Cumberland : Building the Victorian Dream 1997 n/a 92-11
Globe & Mail 1906 Dec. 1st Sat. 1st
Globe & Mail 1985 Sept ? 9th
Globe & Mail 1974 May 7 Fri 17th
Globe & Mail 1983 Feb ? 12th
Habitat 1958 Oct/Nov cov.
International dictionary of architects and arch... 1993 n/a 883-5 2
Iron: Cast and wrought iron in Canada.... 1982 n/a 104-5
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1925 Jan/Feb 2-23 2 1
Looking at Architecture in Canada 1958 n/a 142
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1985 Jan. ?
Not unsightly building : University College and... 1990 n/a all
Rotunda 1992 Spr. 27-33 24 7
Toronto Star 1975 Aug ? 2nd
Toronto Star 1983 oct G20 Sat 1st
Toronto Star 1979 June ? 23rd
Toronto Star 1976 June B3 Wed 16th
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 16

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Address: 15 King's College Circle
Type of Building: Libraries
Name of Building: University College Laidlaw Library

Dates
Officially opened Oct31964

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 1964 Oct ? 6th

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Address: 0 Lonsdale Road
Type of Building: Private Schools
Name of Building: Upper Canada College

Dates
Building completed 1890-1891
Officially opened 1891
Demolished 1958

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 230-
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 77-78
Year-Book 1933 n/a 101

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Address: 46 Overlea Boulevard
Type of Building: Corporate Headquarters
Name of Building: Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd.

Dates
Building completed c1963

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 1993 Spring 20 1 1

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Address: 0 Queen's Park
Type of Building: Memorials
Name of Building: Forty-Eighth Highlanders Regimental Memorial

Dates
Building completed 1923

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Civic Sculpture 1985 n/a 41-42

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Address: 1 Queen's Park
Type of Building: Legislative Buildings
Name of Building: Provincial Parliament Buildings (current)
Notes: A fire destroyed part of the west wing in 1909. A north wing was completed in 1912. SEE ALSO: Provincial Parliament Buildings - East Block (for the 1924-1928 east portion of the Legislative Buildings, often referred to as the "Whitney Block").

Dates
Building completed 1886-1892
Altered 1910,1913
Restored 1993

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Art in architecture : art for the built environ... 1982 n/a 28-35
Canadian Architect 1993 April 25-28 38 4
Canadian Architect 2000 Sept. 30-31 45 9
Canadian Interiors 2000 May/Jun 51-52 37 3
Century to Celebrate, 1893-1993 1993 n/a ALL
Edward James Lennox: "Builder of Toronto" 1995 n/a 82,90
From Front Street to Queen's Park... 1979 n/a 48++
Palaces of Government (The) 1993 n/a many
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 1998 Sum. 30 6 2
Romanesque Toronto : a photographic exhibition... 1971 n/a 20
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 112-4
Toronto Contruction News 1993 Sep/Oct 16-19 11 5
Toronto Star 2000 Aug. L5 Sat. 12th
Toronto Star 2001 Aug. B1+ 6th
Toronto Star 1987 Nov. C11 22nd
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 22-23

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Address: 100 Queen's Park
Type of Building: Museums
Name of Building: Royal Ontario Museum

Dates
Building completed 1912
Altered 1982

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Alfred Chapman : the man and his work 1978 n/a 21-23
Building 2002 Apr/May 13-14 52 2
Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1984 Dec. 7-10 9 4
Canada Century Home 2001 Oct 7 46 10
Canadian Aniques Collector 2002 May 38 47 5
Canadian Aniques Collector 2002 April 7 47 4
Canadian Architect 2002 May 32-36 47 5
Canadian Collector 1982 July/Au 30-35 17 4
Globe & Mail 2001 Dec. A23 15th
Globe & Mail 2001 Sept. R4 Sat, 8th
Globe & Mail 2001 Nov. A18 23rd
Globe & Mail 2002 Feb. A16 Mon. 25th
Globe & Mail 2001 Dec. A23 15th
Globe & Mail 2002 Feb. A3 Wed 27th
Globe & Mail 2002 Feb. R3 Wed. 13th
Globe & Mail 2001 June A17 28th
Globe & Mail 2002 Mar. R1,R3 Thur 14th
Globe & Mail 2002 feb. R1,R2 Mon 25th
Globe & Mail 2002 Feb. A21 Sat. 2nd
Globe & Mail 2001 Nov. a18 Fri. 23rd
Maclean's Magazine 2002 April 62 8th
National Post 2002 Feb. TO4 Sat. 16th
National Post 2001 Nov. A20 Fri. 23rd
National Post 2001 Dec. A21 Tues 4th
National Post 2001 Oct. SP1+ Sat. 27th
National Post 2002 Feb. A1,A9 Wed. 27th
Royal Architectural Inst. of Canada 1986 Awards... 1986 n/a 99-
Terra Cotta artful deceivers 1990 n/a 90-91
Toronto Star 2002 Feb. A20 Thur 28th
Toronto Star 2002 Feb. B5 Fri. 15th
Toronto Star 2002 Feb A18 Wed 27th
Toronto Star 2001 June B1 29th
Toronto Star 1987 May F4 Sun. 17th
Toronto Star 2002 March D8 Sun 3rd
Toronto Star 2002 Feb. B3 Sat. 9th
Toronto Star 2002 feb. B1 Tues 26th
Toronto Star 2002 Mar A1,A4 Sat 2nd
Toronto Star 2001 Nov. D2 Sun. 25th
Toronto Star 2002 June K8 Sat 1st
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 30-31
Year-Book 1933 n/a 28

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Address: 7 Queen's Park Crescent E.
Type of Building: Office Towers
Name of Building: Leslie Frost Building

Dates
Building completed 1963

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Insite 1995 July 43

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Address: 8 Queen's Park Crescent E.
Type of Building: Greenhouses
Name of Building: Greenhouses

Dates
Building completed 1931

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 2002 May A16 Wed 1st
Globe & Mail 2002 March A21 Sat 16th
Globe & Mail 2002 July R3 Thur 4th
Toronto Star 2002 July B3 Wed 17th

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Address: 8 Queen's Park Crescent W.
Type of Building: Research Buildings
Name of Building: Botany Building
Notes: Part of the Botany Buidling, built at the same time. Will be dismantled to make way for the Pharmacy Building.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Natural cut stone for fine buildings 195? n/a unpgd

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Address: 14 Queen's Park Crescent W.
Type of Building: Museums
Name of Building: Canadiana Building - ROM

Dates
Building completed 1951

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 1950 October ? 18th
Globe & Mail 1952 Dec. ? 30th
Globe & Mail 1950 October 17 18th
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 35

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Address: 203 Sackville Street
Type of Building: Hostels
Name of Building: Toronto Mission Union

Dates
Design conceived 1933
Foundation started 1933

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1933 April 32-33 47 5th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1933 Sept. 36 47 6th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1933 Aug. 40 47 9th
Contract Record. -- 1933 March 36 47 8th

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Address: 60 Simcoe Street
Type of Building: Concert Halls
Name of Building: Roy Thomson Hall

Dates
Building completed 1982

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1980 Sept. 4 25 9
Canadian Architect 1982 Oct. 20-32 27 10
Canadian Architect 2000 Sept. 8 45 9
Canadian Architect 1977 Dec. 18-22
Canadian Architect 1992 April 17-24 37 4
Canadian Architect 1982 April 34 27 4
Canadian Architect 2001 Jan. 9 46 1
Canadian Architect 1982 Oct. 50 27 10
Canadian Architect 1982 Oct. 42 27 10
Canadian Architect 1982 Oct. 44 27 10
Canadian Architect 1982 Oct. 48 27 10
Canadian Interiors 2001 Jan/feb 4 38 1
Canadian Interiors 2001 Mar/Apr 8 38 1
Canadian Interiors 1982 Oct. 15-19 19 10
Connaissance des arts 1985 Sept. ? 403
GA Document 1985 n/a 84-91 13
Globe & Mail 2000 Nov. A24 17th
Globe & Mail 2001 feb. R1,R8 Thur 15th
Globe & Mail 2002 Mar. A18 Sat. 9th
Globe & Mail 2001 April P12 Thur 19th
Interiors 1985 Jan. 138f 144 6
National Post 2000 Nov. A4 Thur 23rd
Toronto Star 2001 Aug A29 Thur 16th
Toronto Star 2000 Nov. D2 Wed. 1st
Toronto Star 2000 Nov. A15 18th
Toronto Star 2000 Nov. D15 17th
Toronto Star 2oo2 May B5 Fri 31st
Toronto Star 2000 March E1+ Sun. 5th

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Address: 111 St. Clair Avenue West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Imperial Oil Building

Dates
Foundation started Feb. 1954
Building completed Apr. 1957

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1956 May insrt 1
Canadian Architect 1957 June 36-43 2
Canadian Architect 1957 Sept. 15 2
Canadian Art 1962 May-Jun 198-2 19
Canadian Interiors 1964 April 61,70 1
Historical Walking Tour of Deer Park 1996 n/a 35
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1957 July 243++ 34 7
Your visit to 111 St. Clair Avenue West 1957 n/a all

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Address: 85 St. George Street
Type of Building: Dormitories
Name of Building: Whitney Hall

Dates
Building completed early 1930s

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Year-Book 1933 n/a pl.73

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Address: 130 St. George Street
Type of Building: Libraries
Name of Building: Robarts Library

Dates
Building completed 1974

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
AZURE 1997 Mar/Apr 10
Canadian Architect 1980 Nov. 41
Canadian Architect 1974 Aug. 28-42 19 8
Globe & Mail 1997 May A7 Tues 13th
Toronto Life 1998 Nov. 18-19
Toronto Star 1999 March B2 16th
Toronto Star 1974 Sept. 28th

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Address: 10 St. Mary Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings

Dates
Building completed 1957

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1959 July 242-6 36 7

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Address: 382 University Avenue
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: University Club of Toronto

Dates
Building completed 1929

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Year-Book 1933 n/a pl.97

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Address: 9 Versailles Court
Type of Building: Architect-designed houses
Name of Building: Perry residence
Notes: Built for Lt.-Col. Norman D. Perry. Now a historicaly-designated house.

Dates
Building completed 1932

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Estates of Old Toronto 1997 n/a 160-1
Year-Book 1933 n/a pl.42

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Address: 16 Victoria Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Imperial Life Insurance Co.
Notes: Occupies street adress No.16-32 Victoria Street


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Natural cut stone for fine buildings 195? n/a unpgd

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Address: 179 Wicksteed Avenue
Type of Building: Factories
Name of Building: Lincoln Electric Company of Can.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1942 Oct 206 19 10
Leaside Story 1958 n/a 63

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Address: 440 Yonge Street
Intersection: Carlton Street
Type of Building: Department Stores
Name of Building: Kresges Department Store

Dates
Building completed 1940s?

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Clearcut : Woolworth Building Toronto, 1949-1997 1997 n/a 40
Natural cut stone for fine buildings 195? n/a unpgd