Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Architect: Dick, David


Biography
Notes Edinburgh-born architect who worked in Toronto in the last quarter of the 19th century. Initially worked in Toronto in partnership with builder Robert Grant.


Address: 95 Bellevue Avenue
Type of Building: Houses
Notes: Initially the home of Dr. Henry Thomas Machell. Now the Bellevue Child Care Centre.

Dates
Building completed 1889

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Bellevue avenue: an architectural and social study 1993 n/a 18-19
Historical walking tour of Kensington Market... 1993 n/a 20

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Address: 5 Hoskin Avenue
Type of Building: Libraries
Name of Building: Wycliffe College

Dates
Building completed 1881-1891
Altered 1906,1930

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Alfred Chapman : the man and his work 1978 n/a 25
Globe & Mail 1906 Dec. 7 Sat. 1st

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Address: 50 King Street East
Type of Building: Banks
Name of Building: Quebec Bank

Dates
Design conceived 1886
Building completed 1886
Altered 1911

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Terra Cotta artful deceivers 1990 n/a 24-25

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Address: 18 King Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Star Buidling
Notes: Initailly the North of Scotland Chambers. Owned by the Toronto Star 1905-1929. SEE ALSO: Toronto Star Building at 80 King Street West.

Dates
Building completed 1878
Demolished 1935

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
TRAC : newsletter of the Toronto Region Arch.... 1999 Fall 9-10

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Address: 7 King's College Circle
Type of Building: Libraries
Name of Building: University of Toronto Library
Notes: Now houses the Departments of English and French.

Dates
Building completed 1892
Altered 1912

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Romanesque Toronto : a photographic exhibition... 1971 n/a 10-11
Rotunda 1992 Spr. 27-33 24 7

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Address: 7 King's College Circle
Type of Building: Libraries
Name of Building: Gerstein Science Info Centre

Dates
Building completed 1892
Altered 2001

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 2002 Mar. 7 46 3

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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: 119 St. George Street
Type of Building: Colleges
Name of Building: Woodsworth College
Notes: Originally known the "MacArthur House", a family home built for Alexander MacArthur, designed by David B. Dick in 1891-1892. Officer's Quarters for the Canadian Officer Training Corps. were erected alongside it in 1939-1941. Woodsworth College expanded in 1991-1992 and included the neighbouring houses at nos.123 and 121 St. George Street.

Dates
Design conceived 1986
Building completed 1992

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architectural Review 1993 May 57-61
Barton Myers 1994 n/a 82ff
Canadian Architect 1992 Nov. 22
Globe & Mail 1992 Feb C6 Sat 8th
Insite 1995 July 43
International Contract 1992 Aug/Sep 51-54
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg 1998 n/a 36-41
New Woodsworth College 1994 n/a all
Progressive Architecture 1992 Oct. 96-99
Romanesque Toronto : a photographic exhibition... 1971 n/a 24
Toronto Star 1992 Feb K6 22nd

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Address: 17 Toronto Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Consumers' Gas Co. of Toronto

Dates
Building completed 1876
Altered 1882,1899

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Houses of old Toronto 1977 n/a 82-84
Metropolitan Toronto Business Journal 1989 Nov. 38

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Address: 201 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Retail Stores
Notes: Occupied nos.201-203 Yonge Street. Was built by developer John Enoch Thompson in 1888 and contained first-floor stores, second-floor offices and a third-floor photographic studio. First floor also the site of the Athlete Hotel, operated by John F. Scholes. Name later changed to Scholes Tavern until 1947/48, when it became the Colonial Tavern (see instance #2 at the same address).

Dates
Design conceived 1888

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Kawamata: Toronto Project 1989 1989 n/a 33-37

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Address: 201 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Taverns
Name of Building: Colonial Tavern
Notes: Occupied nos. 201-203 Yonge Street. Formerly the site of the Scholes Hotel (until 1948). A fire destroyed to 70 year-old building in 1960. A new Colonial Tavern on the same site was degined by architect Bruce Etherington and was a simple two-storey rectangular box. Demolished in 1988. The site remained empty until the Mercer Union Gallery sponsored the erection of a temporary site-specific artwork by Japanese Artist Tadashi Kawamata (see instance #3 at the same address).

Dates
Design conceived 1888
Altered 1948-facade
Demolished 1960;1988

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Kawamata: Toronto Project 1989 1989 n/a 37-43
Toronto Calendar Magazine 1974 April 37