Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Architect: Burke, Edmund

Biography
Date of Birth Oct. 1850
Place of Birth Toronto
Date of Death Jan. 1919
Education Apprenticed with Henry Langley (uncle)
Notes Entered into partnership with his uncle Henry Langley in 1872. In partnership with Langley and Langley's brother Edward (as Langley Langley and Burke) from 1873-1883. Partnership continues as Langley & Burke (1883-1892) after Edward Langley retires. Set up his own firm in 1892 and worked as a sole practitioner until 1894. Formed partnership with John Charles Batstone Horwood in 1895. In partnership as Burke, Horwood and White from 1908-1919.

Address: 0 Bloor Street East
Intersection: Parliament Street
Type of Building: Viaducts
Name of Building: Bloor Street Viaduct
Notes: Also known as the Prince Edward Viaduct. Was designated under the Ontario Hertitage Act in 1988. Spans the Don Valley from Bloor Street East to Danforth Avenue. The proposed protective barrier (1999), entitled "Luminous Veil" is by artist Dereck Revington and structural engineer Mordern Yolles.

Dates
Building completed 1919

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
. 1989 April 27+
Cabbagetown remembered 1984 n/a 92
Cabbagetown: The Story of... 1998 n/a 15+
Canadian Architect 1999 Dec. 32-33 44 12
Canadian Architect 2001 Aug. 7 46 8
Canadian Architect 1999 Jan. 38 44 1
Construction 1917 April 131 10
Construction 1919 January 10-11 12
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1915 Februar 210 29 17th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1915 Decembe 1278- 29 15th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1916 July 682 30 12th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1915 January 104 29 27th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1912 July 64 26 3rd
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1917 May 409-4 31 9th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1918 January 16 32 2nd
Explore Historic Toronto 1994 Fall/Wi 5 7
Eye Weekly 2001 Feb. 14 1st
Globe & Mail 2002 April A13 Mon 15th
Globe & Mail 1998 Sept. A10 29th
Globe & Mail 2001 Feb. ? Thur 22nd
Globe & Mail 1998 March C3 12th
Globe & Mail 2000 Aug. R3 Wed. 30th
Globe & Mail 1998 June A12 16th
Globe & Mail 1999 May A3 12th
Globe & Mail 2002 Jan. A12 4th
Historical Walking Tour of the Danforth 1992 n/a 6
Metropolitan Toronto Business Journal 1990 May 40
NOW 1998 Feb. 18-19 26th
North Toronto Post 2000 Jan. 59
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 184-5
Toronto Places 1992 n/a 88-91
Toronto Star 2000 Jan E1,E4 13th
Toronto Star 2001 Jan. B1 Fri. 19th
Toronto Star 2001 Jan. A6 Sat. 13th
Toronto Star 2001 March B3 Thur 8th
Toronto Star 2001 June A10 30th
Toronto Star 2001 Feb. A25 Sat. 24th
Toronto Star 1999 May B1,B5 12th
Toronto Star 1998 Oct. B2 20th
Toronto Star 2002 June B3 Wed 5th
Toronto Star 1998 Sept ? 29th
Toronto Star 1998 May B3 Tues 5th
Toronto Sun 2001 Jan. 40 7th

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Address: 0 Exhibition Place
Type of Building: Amusement Parks
Name of Building: Canadian National Exhibition

Dates
Design conceived early 1920s

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Alfred Chapman : the man and his work 1978 n/a 16-17
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 164

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Address: 1359 King Street West
Type of Building: Churches
Name of Building: Parkdale Methodist Church
Notes: Demolished in 1975

Dates
Building completed 1889

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 174-
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1989 Jan. 11
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 36-37

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Address: 75 Lowther Avenue
Type of Building: Houses
Name of Building: C.J. Holman House
Notes: Original architectural drawing for this house are contained in the "Horwood Collection" of architectural drawings in the Provincial Archives of Ontario.

Dates
Design conceived 1892

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1993 Sept/De 96-
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 59-63

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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