Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Architect: Storm, William


Biography
Date of Birth Oct. 1826
Place of Birth Toronto
Date of Death 1892
Notes Emigrated to Toronto in 1830. Trained under William Thomas in 1844. See also: Cumberland & Storm (1852-1863)


Address: 0 Carlton Street
Type of Building: Churches
Name of Building: Carlton Street Methodist Church

Dates
Building completed 1874
Demolished yes

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 32

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Address: 65 Church Street
Intersection: King Street East
Type of Building: Churches
Name of Building: St. James Cathedral no.4
Notes: Present church is the FOURTH church (all names for St. James) to stand on the site. The first Church existed from 1807 to 1833. The second church (by Thomas Rogers) burnt down in 1839. The third St. James (designed by architect Thomas Young) burnt down on April 7, 1849. Plans for another church were made shortly thereafter. William Storm and Henry Langley designed the tower, spire and pinnacles that were added 1867-1874. Sir Casimir Gzowski designed the brick and sandstone wall with cast-iron ornament, lamps and entrance gates. Most of these were torn down in 1960.

Dates
Unknown significance 1849-1850
Competition 1849
Cornerstone laid 20 Nov 1850
Building completed 1853
Altered 1867-74spir

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Construction 1927 June 174+ 20
Construction 1931 April 132+ 24
Eye Weekly 2001 Nov. 15 22nd
Fred Cumberland : Building the Victorian Dream 1997 n/a 124+
Globe & Mail 1997 Aug. C2 13th
Globe & Mail 2001 Feb. A18 Tues 27th
Globe & Mail 1997 June C23 Sat. 7th
Globe & Mail 2001 Jan. R1,R4 Wee. 31st
Globe & Mail 2001 Jan. A1+ Fri. 19th
Globe & Mail 2001 July A17 13th
Globe & Mail 2001 Nov. A18 Sat. 5th
Globe & Mail 1997 Nov. C19 Sat. 15th
Globe & Mail 2001 Jan. ? Tues 16th
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1927 Nov. 399 4 11
National Post 2001 Feb. N1+ Sat. 24th
National Post 2001 Feb. A16 Mon. 5th
National Post 2001 March F1,F3 Sat 10th
Parish and Cathedral of St. James' 1998 n/a all
Rotunda 1992 Spr. 27-33 24 7
Toronto Life 2001 Dec. 100++
Toronto Star 2001 March F3 Sun 11th
Toronto Star 2002 April B2 Mon 29th
Toronto Star 2001 April B2 25th
Toronto Star 2001 July B1,B4 13th
Toronto Star 2001 Mar. F3 Sun. 1th
Toronto Star 2001 Jan. B2 17th
Toronto Star 2001 Feb. B5 19th
Toronto Star 2001 Feb. A1+ Mon. 5th
Toronto Star 200 Aug. M2 Sat. 5th
Toronto Star 1999 May B2 11th
Toronto Star 1973 Dec ? 17th
Toronto Star 2001 July B2 Mon 23rd
Toronto Star 1983 Oct ? 17th
Toronto Star 1973 Sept ? 2nd
William Thomas, Architect 1799-1860 1996 n/a 46-47

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Address: 0 Front Street West
Intersection: Spadina Avenue
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Northern Railway of Canada

Dates
Building completed 1861-1862

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Fred Cumberland : Building the Victorian Dream 1997 n/a 33-34

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Address: 518 Jarvis Street
Type of Building: Houses
Notes: Initally the home of James Crowther, then Sir William Mullock. Conservatory addition by John M. Lyle.

Dates
Altered 1888
Demolished 1956

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 1910 May 2? Sat. 21st
Jarvis Street : a story of triumph and tragedy 1980 n/a 176

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Address: 566 Jarvis Street
Type of Building: Houses
Notes: Initially the home of John C. Fitch.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Jarvis Street : a story of triumph and tragedy 1980 n/a 159

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Address: 30 King Street East
Type of Building: Hardware Stores
Name of Building: Padlock (The)


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1995 June 32-40 20 2

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Address: 189 King Street West
Type of Building: Churches
Name of Building: St. Andrew's Presbyterian Ch.

Dates
Building completed 1875

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
A Street Called Front 1983 n/a 14-15
Ontario History 1991 SEpt. 169+ 83 3
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 1995 Sum. 20 3 2
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 32
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 108-

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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: 73 Queen's Park Crescent E.
Type of Building: Colleges
Name of Building: Victoria College

Dates
Building completed 1892

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Romanesque Toronto : a photographic exhibition... 1971 n/a 9-10
Toronto Places 1992 n/a 52-53
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 99-10

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Address: 33 St. George Street
Type of Building: Owner-built houses
Name of Building: Pendarves
Notes: Originally the home of architect Frederick W. Cumberland. Remodelled in 1883 by his former partner, William G. Storm. Currently functions as the University of Toronto's International Student Centre.

Dates
Building completed 1857-1860
Altered 1883

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Fred Cumberland : Building the Victorian Dream 1997 n/a 192+
Ontario Association of Architects: 1890-1950 1950 n/a unpgd
Toronto Star 1978 Aug ? 12th
Toronto, 100 years of grandeur 1978 n/a 155+
William Thomas, Architect 1799-1860 1996 n/a 100