Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Architect: Langley Langley & Burke, (firm)


Biography
Notes Henry Langley, his brother Edward Langley, and their nephew Edmund Burke practiced together from 1872-1883.


Address: 32 Adelaide Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Imperial Chambers
Notes: Occupied street nos.32-34 Adelaide Street East.

Dates
Building completed 1874-1875

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1996 Mar. ? 16 1
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 104-6

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Address: 303 Berkeley Street
Type of Building: Elementary Schools
Name of Building: Dufferin School
Notes: Part of the original school, which was torn down in 1925, is affixed to the Parliament Street side of the current Lord Dufferin Public School.

Dates
Building completed 1876

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Cabbagetown In Pictures 1984 n/a 29
Cabbagetown remembered 1984 n/a 74-75

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Address: 273 Bloor Street West
Type of Building: Music Schools
Name of Building: Royal Conservatory of Music
Notes: Formerly McMaster Hall, originally a Baptist seminary. Became occupied by the Royal Conservatory of Music in 1963. The auditorium, renamed the Ettore Mazzoleni Concert Hall was restored and renovated by Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg (officially opened Oct. 17, 1997).

Dates
Restored 1990s.

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
ACORN 1984 Summer 6 9 2
Annex Gleaner 2001 sept. 6
Globe & Mail 2001 Aug A19 Thur 30th
Globe & Mail 2002 June R2 Thur 27th
Globe & Mail 1997 Nov. C24 1st
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1986 August 4
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 76-81
Toronto Star 2002 Mar A1,A4 Mon 2nd
Toronto Star 2002 July B2 Mon 8th
Toronto Star 2000 May M1+ Sat. 6th
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 97

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Address: 130 Gerrard Street East
Intersection: Jarvis Street
Type of Building: Churches
Name of Building: Jarvis Street Baptist Church

Dates
Building completed 1874-1875

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Explore Historic Toronto 1994 Fall 4 7
Journal of the Society for the Study 1998 n/a 58 23 2
Rotunda 1992 Spr. 27-33 24 7
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 26-27

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Address: 383 Jarvis Street
Type of Building: Churches
Name of Building: St. Andrew's

Dates
Building completed 1878
Altered 1882

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 32-33
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 104

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Address: 515 Jarvis Street
Type of Building: Mansions
Name of Building: Euclid Hall
Notes: Initially the home of farm equipment magnate Hart A. Massey. Today the house survives as the "Keg Mansion".

Dates
Building completed 1868

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Construction 1917 Sept. 311 + 10
Construction 1916 March 87 9
Eye Weekly 2001 Sept. 14 13th
Globe & Mail 2000 Feb. A18 Mon 21st
Globe & Mail 1999 May A3 Sat. 29th
Globe & Mail 2000 Jan. A20 Thur 6th
Globe & Mail 1972 Sept 17 Fri 22nd
Homeplace: The Making of the Cdn. Dwelling 1998 n/a 154
Jarvis Street : a story of triumph and tragedy 1980 n/a var.
National Post 2000 Oct. N7 Sat. 7th1
Toronto Star 2000 May N1+ Sat. 27th
Toronto Star 2000 Sept. P1+ Sat. 2nd
Toronto, 100 years of grandeur 1978 n/a 179+

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Address: 0 King Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Canada Life Assurance Co.

Dates
Building completed 1874

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 12-13

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Address: 3 Meredith Crescent
Type of Building: Mansions
Name of Building: Lorne Hall

Dates
Building completed 1876

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 1982 May ? 29th

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Address: 0 Sherbourne Street
Type of Building: Pavilions
Name of Building: Allan Gardens Pavilion no.2
Notes: See note for Pavilion no.3 for a history of this building.

Dates
Building completed 1879
Demolished 1902-fire

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Cabbagetown: The Story of... 1998 n/a 44
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 154-
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 106
Toronto Star 1986 Oct. A6 Mon. 20th

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Address: 0 Toronto Street
Type of Building: Corporate Headquarters
Name of Building: Building & Loan Association

Dates
Building completed 1878
Demolished yes. date?

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 102-3

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Address: 26 Toronto Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Union Loan and Savings Co.
Notes: Occupied nos. 26-30 Toronto Street. See also no. 32 Toronto Street for additional office building owned by the Union Loan and Savings Company (1873). Demolished with the Toronto Union Block in 1914 to make way for E.J. Lennox's Skyscraper office tower for the Excelsior Life Insurance Company.

Dates
Building completed 1876-1878
Demolished 1914

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1990 June cov+ 15 2
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 107
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 101

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Address: 21 Wellesley Street East
Type of Building: Warehouses
Name of Building: John MacDonald Warehouse

Dates
Building completed 1863
Altered 1878-Addn.

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 100-1