Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Architect: Darling & Curry, (firm)


Biography
Notes Frank Darling & Samuel Curry.


Address: 67 College Street
Type of Building: Hospitals
Name of Building: Victoria Hospital for Sick Ch
Notes: Victoria Hospital for Sick Children was the fifth building used for the Hospital for Sick Children. It moved to a new building at 555 University Avenue in 1949.

Dates
Building completed 1889-1891
Altered 1926
Restored 1992

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
ACORN 1985 Summer n/a 10 2
Canadian Architect & Builder 1889 July 83 2
Canadian Architect & Builder 1892 April 38a 5
Canadian Architect & Builder 1891 Feb. 28 4
Canadian Architect & Builder 1896 May 70a 9
Canadian Magazine of Politics… 1903 Dec. 118 22
Canadian Magazine of Politics… 1899 Feb. 314 + 12
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1926 Jan. 52 40 6th
Globe & Mail 2000 June C5 2nd
Romanesque Head Office of Confederation Life Assn. 1997 n/a 17
Romanesque Toronto : a photographic exhibition... 1971 n/a 8-9
Toronto Calling 1951 Jan. 7-8 1 8
Toronto Star 1992 Feb. J12 8th
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 63

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Address: 0 Dunn Avenue
Type of Building: Extended Care Facilities
Name of Building: Toronto Home for Incurables
Notes: Openined in Dec. 1880. The Cameron Wing, Designed by Darling & Curry opened in Jan. 1888. In 1941, the name was changed to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for Incurables. The term 'Incurables' was dropped in 1962. Demolished mid-late 1970s and replaced by modern facilties, completed in 1979. Part of the original 1879's central entrance forms the gazebo that is on the current hospital grounds.

Dates
Building completed 1879-1880
Altered 1885-1886
Demolished late 1970s

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 172-
Parkdale In Pictures... 1991 n/a 48-49

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Address: 30 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Banks
Name of Building: Bank of Montreal
Notes: Now the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Dates
Building completed 1885-1886

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1964 March 58
Houses of old Toronto 1977 n/a 26-29
Metropolitan Toronto Business Journal 1989 Jul/Aug 44
Money Matters 1990 n/a 62ff
Rotunda 1992 Spring 47-49 24 3
Spirit of Place 1988 n/a 4+
Toronto Calendar Magazine 1974 April 34-39
Toronto Contruction News 1993 Mar/Apr 15 11 2
Toronto Life 1998 Sept 15 32 12
Toronto Star 1990 Dec. ? 24th
Toronto Star 1990 July B3 Mon. 2nd
Toronto Star 1974 Jan. A8 Sat. 12th
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 106-