Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Architect: Hay, William


Biography
Date of Birth May 1818
Place of Birth Scotland
Date of Death May 1880
Education Assistant to London architect George Gilbert Scott
Notes Immigrant architect who moved to Toronto in 1852 and left to return to Scotland in 1864. Worked on many church and church-related buildings.


Address: 131 Farnham Avenue
Type of Building: Mansions
Name of Building: Oaklands
Notes: Original owner was John Macdonald. House is now part of the De La Salle College Oaklands.

Dates
Building completed 1860

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
City: the Toronto Star Sunday Magazine 1979 Dec. 14+ 8th
Estates of Old Toronto 1997 n/a 78-79
Historical Walking Tour of Deer Park 1996 n/a 21-22
Homeplace: The Making of the Cdn. Dwelling 2000 n/a 153
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 1995 Sum. 11 3 2
Toronto, 100 years of grandeur 1978 n/a 148+

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Address: 0 Gerrard Street East
Type of Building: Hospitals
Name of Building: Toronto General Hosptial no.1
Notes: SEE ALSO: Toronto General Hospital no.2 at 101 College St.

Dates
Building completed 1855-1856
Demolished c1922

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Cabbagetown In Pictures 1984 n/a 11
Cabbagetown remembered 1984 n/a 79-80
Cabbagetown: The Story of... 1998 N/A 38
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 75-76

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Address: 0 Gould Street
Type of Building: Churches
Name of Building: Gould St. United Presb. Church
Notes: Gould Street United Prebyterian Church. Later called the Catholic Apostolic Church. Now demolished.

Dates
Building completed 1855

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1990 June 41 15 2
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 8,22

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Address: 0 Power Street
Intersection: Queen Street East
Type of Building: Hospitals
Name of Building: House of Providence
Notes: SEE ALSO: Infants Home on Sackville Street as well as the Mercy Home for Incurables at no.58 Sackville Street.

Dates
Building completed 1855-1858
Altered 1880-1882
Demolished early 1960s

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Cabbagetown In Pictures 1984 n/a 15
Cabbagetown remembered 1984 n/a 67,69
Cabbagetown: The Story of... 1998 n/a 41
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 156-
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 75-76

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Address: 0 Sherbourne Street
Type of Building: Pavilions
Name of Building: Allan Gardens Pavilion no.1
Notes: See note for Pavilion no.3 for the history of this building.

Dates
Building completed 1860-1861
Demolished 1878

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 152-

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Address: 50 St. Joseph Street
Type of Building: Churches
Name of Building: St. Basil's Church

Dates
Building completed 1855

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 21-22
Toronto Mirror 1856 Sept. ? 26th
Toronto Star 1998 April C3 28th

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Address: 11 Wellington Street West
Type of Building: Warehouses
Notes: Built in 1845-1855 by John Dixon and designed by architect William Hay. First occupied by John Henderson, Merchant.

Dates
Building completed c1854-1855

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
ACORN 1984 Spring 7 9 1
Spirit of Place 1988 n/a 13-14

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Address: 858 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Town Halls
Name of Building: Yorkville Town Hall
Notes: Destroyed by fire on Nov. 12, 1941. The Yorkville Coat of Arms what was on the facade of the Town Hall was placed over the door of the Torkville Fire Hall (34 Yorkville Ave.) when it was renovated in 1975.

Dates
Building completed 1869
Demolished May 1942

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Journal of Canadian Art History 1977 n/a 98ff 4 2
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 206-
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 9-10
Yorkville in pictures 1853 to 1883... 1978 n/a 10-12