Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Architect: Burke & Horwood, (firm)


Biography
Notes Edmund Burke and John C.B. Horwood. See also: Burke Ho


Address: 315 Bloor Street West
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Meteorological Building
Notes: Now serves as the Administartion Office of the University of Toronto.

Dates
Building completed 1909

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 87-89
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 64

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Address: 0 College Street
Type of Building: Private Schools
Name of Building: Bible Training School

Dates
Building completed 1898
Demolished yes.date?

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 85-88

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Address: 40 Maple Avenue
Type of Building: Houses
Name of Building: Fudger Residence

Dates
Building completed 1895-1897

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Bloor-Annex Town Crier 2000 Nov. 7
Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1990 June 46 15 2
National Post 2002 July TO4 Sat 6th
National Post 2001 May G1,G3 Sat 12th
National Post 2001 May A23 Sat 26th
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/ 16,63
Toronto Star 2000 Nov. B3 20th

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Address: 132 Queen Street West
Type of Building: Courthouses
Name of Building: Osgoode Hall
Notes: Address sometimes given as # 116-138 Queen Street W.. Built as the headquarters of the Law Society of Upper Canada and has had a lengthy building history. The following is a summary taken from Patrica McHugh's TORONTO ARCHITECTURE : A CITY GUIDE (1985): EAST WING - John Ewart (1829-1832); altered by Henry Bower Lane (1844). Law school addition by William G. Storm (1880, 1890). Interior altered by Burke & Horwood (1899); and altered again by Vaux and Bryan Chadwick (1925); rear additions (1937, 1958). CENTRE BLOCK by Henry Bower Lane (1844); rebuilt by Cumberland & Storm (1856-1861); rear additions (1910, 1923). WEST WING by Henry Bower Lane (1844); additions by Kivas Tully (1883); interioir altered by Burke & Horwood (1897); rear addition (1910); renovated and rear addition by Page & Steele (1972-1973). FENCE AND GATES by William G. Storm (1866)

Dates
Foundation started 1829

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1985 Dec. 14-18 10 4
Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1988 Dec. 9-16 13 4
Canadian Interiors 1982 April 35 19 4
City: the Toronto Star Sunday Magazine 1980 March 14-19 4 23rd
Early Buildings of Ontario 1938 n/a 17
Fred Cumberland : Building the Victorian Dream 1997 n/a 160+
Globe & Mail 2002 May A20 Tues 21st
Iron: Cast and wrought iron in Canada.... 1982 n/a 70-71
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1959 July 250-2 36 7
Looking at Architecture in Canada 1958 n/a 76
Palladian Style in Canadian Architecture 1984 n/a 92
Romanesque Head Office of Confederation Life Assn. 1997 n/a 9
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 80-82
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 14

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Address: 123 St. George Street
Type of Building: Houses
Notes: Original owner: Mrs. T.M. Harris. The rear of the house became adjoined to Woodsworth College (University of Toronto) in 1991-1992.

Dates
Building completed 1889-1899
Altered 1991-1992

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
New Woodsworth College 1994 n/a 4-5
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 61-63

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Address: 148 Tecumseth Street
Type of Building: Churches
Name of Building: Memorial Baptist Church

Dates
Building completed 1896-1897

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 42-43

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Address: 0 University Avenue
Intersection: College Street
Type of Building: Music Schools
Name of Building: Conservatory of Music

Dates
Building completed 1897

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 85-86

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Address: 0 Yonge Street
Intersection: Melinda Street
Type of Building: Publishing Offices
Name of Building: Globe Building no.2
Notes: Replaced the first Globe Building on the same site, which burned to the ground in Jan. 1895.

Dates
Building completed 1895
Demolished yes. date?

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 126-8

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Address: 49 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Banks
Name of Building: Bank of British North America
Notes: Changed to the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

Dates
Building completed 1873-1874
Altered 1903

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto 1989 Nov. 29 4 8
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 105-6
Toronto Calendar Magazine 1974 April 35-39

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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

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Address: 229 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Ryrie Building

Dates
Building completed 1891
Altered 1913, 1934

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Terra Cotta artful deceivers 1990 n/a 21
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 132-3