Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Architect: Schieber, Collingwood

Biography
Date of Birth 1831
Date of Death 1918
Notes Emigrated to Canada in 1852.

Address: 0 Exhibition Place
Type of Building: Exhibition Buildings
Name of Building: Crystal Palace
Notes: See also: Palace of Industry on King Street West at Shaw Street (1858-1878). Most of the Palace's original ironwork were reused for the Crystal Palace, and new sections were copied from it where necessary.

Dates
Building completed 1878
Demolished fire - 1906

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Iron: Cast and wrought iron in Canada.... 1982 n/a 154 n/a n/a
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 170

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Address: 0 King Street West
Intersection: Shaw Street
Type of Building: Exhibition Buildings
Name of Building: Palace of Industry
Notes: See also: Crystal Palace in Exhibition Place. The Palace of Industry was used until 1878, when it was disassembled and rebuilt as the Crystal Palace in the present Exhibition Place. Most of its original ironwork and some of its plans were utilized.

Dates
Cornerstone laid July 1858
Building completed 1858
Demolished 1878

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 168-