Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Architect: Burke Horwood & White, (firm)


Biography
Notes Edmund Burke (Irish emigrant), Jogn C.B. Horwood and Murray White


Address: 63 Bay Street
Type of Building: Warehouses
Name of Building: Ogilvie & Sons Warehouse

Dates
Building completed 1907

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Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 153

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Address: 275 Broadview Avenue
Type of Building: Community Centres
Name of Building: YMCA - Broadview

Dates
Building completed 1911
Demolished yes. date?

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Contract Record. -- 1911 Feb. 28 25 1st
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 91-93

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Address: 36 College Street
Type of Building: Community Centres
Name of Building: YMCA - Central no.1
Notes: Occupied nos. 36-40 College Street. The cornerstone and time capsule were moved and incorporated into the foundation of the YMCA of Metropoilitan Toronto (1984) at the no. 20 Grosvenor Street entrance.

Dates
Design conceived 1911

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Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1996 March ? 16 1
Construction 1914 Feb. 51 + 7
Construction 1914 Jan. 31-32 7
Construction 1919 Jan. 10-11 12
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1912 March 60 26 13th
Contract Record. -- 1911 Aug. 60 25 9th
Contract Record. -- 1911 April 54 25 12th
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 96-98

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Address: 230 College Street
Type of Building: Colleges
Name of Building: School of Architecture...
Notes: School of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto. (Originally the Royal College of Dental Surgeons).

Dates
Altered 1998

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AZURE 1999 Jan/Feb 16-40
AZURE 2002 Mar/Apr 70-73
Canadian Architect 2002 Feb. 16-19 47 2
Toronto 1986 June 39-42 1 3
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 89-91
Toronto Dominion Centre 1999 jUNE 24 17 2

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Address: 931 College Street
Intersection: Dovercourt Road
Type of Building: Community Centres
Name of Building: West End YMCA no.2
Notes: First "West End" YMCA was located at Queen Street West and Dovercourt - built 1889 by Gordon & Helliwell.

Dates
Building completed 1911
Altered 1982

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Canadian Architect 1982 Sept. n/a 27 9
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 91-95

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Address: 0 Gerrard Street East
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Willard Hall

Dates
Cornerstone laid Oct 1911
Building completed 1912
Altered 1921

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Jubilee history of the Ontario Woman's Christian.. 1927 n/a all
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 95

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Address: 456 King Street East
Intersection: Bright Street
Type of Building: Churches
Name of Building: Riverside Church
Notes: Frame church originally located on Bay Street and moved to its present location. Burke Horwood & White responsible for the front addition.

Dates
Building completed 1902

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
TRAC : newsletter of the Toronto Region Arch.... 1991 May 12
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 38

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Address: 468 King Street West
Type of Building: Factories
Name of Building: Samuel & Benjamin Garment

Dates
Building completed 1912

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Terra Cotta artful deceivers 1990 n/a 86

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Address: 299 Queen Street West
Intersection: John Street
Type of Building: Broadcasting Stations
Name of Building: Wesley Building
Notes: Originally the Wesley Building and built for the Methodist Book and Publishing Company (later the Ryerson Press). Original street number was no. 295. Renamed the Ryerson press Building. Now known as the ChumCity Building.

Dates
Building completed 1913

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ACORN 1985 Summer 4
ACORN 1987 SPring 6 12
Globe & Mail 1985 Dec. C6 Tues 10th
Globe & Mail 1998 Dec. C5 Sat 19th
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1987 Jan. ?
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1985 May 4
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1986 April 5
Rotunda 1992 Spr, 278-3 24 7
Terra Cotta artful deceivers 1990 n/a 128
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 152
Toronto Star 1987 Jan. G1 17th
Toronto Star 1999 June B2 22nd

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Address: 160 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Department Stores
Name of Building: Simpson's Department Store
Notes: Now called the Bay (Hudson's Bay Company). Occupies the entire block on Yonge Street between Queen Street West and Richmond Street West. Street numbers no. 160-184 Yonge Street. BUILDING HISTORY: Built by Edmund Burke, 1894. Rebuilt after fire by Burke & Horwood, 1895-96; addition by Burke, Horwood & White in 1907; addition by Horwood & White in 1923; restored and entrance remodelled in 1977. Richmond St. W & Bay St. addition (store + office building) by Chapman & Oxley, 1928. Simpson's Tower, 401 Bay Street (office building) by John B. Parkin Associates with Bregman + Hamann, 1968-1971. (Patrica McHugh)

Dates
Building completed 1894
Altered 1907; 1928

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1990 June 45 15 2
Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1996 March ? 16 1
Globe & Mail 1909 Nov. ? 6th
Journal of the Society for the Study 1998 n/a 135 23 4
Metropolitan Toronto Business Journal 1987 Dec. 48
Places worth visiting in and around Toronto 192? n/a all
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 115+
Toronto Places 1992 n/a 72-73