Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Architect: Tully, Kivas


Biography
Date of Birth 1820
Place of Birth Toronto
Date of Death April 1905
Notes Irish architect and brother of architect John Tully. Emigrated to Canada in 1844. Kivas Tully was Provincial Architect from c1867 to 1896.


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: 790 Queen Street West
Type of Building: Colleges
Name of Building: Trinity College

Dates
Building completed 1851
Demolished 1956

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Iron: Cast and wrought iron in Canada.... 1982 n/a 71
Journal of Canadian Art History 1977 Spring 61-72 4 1
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 158-

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Address: 999 Queen Street West
Type of Building: Mental Health Facilities
Name of Building: Queen St. Mental Health Ctr.
Notes: Initially called the Provincial Lunatic Asylum. First, main block by John Howard (1844-1858). Wings added by Kivas Tully (c.1866-1869). Fred Cumberland designed several outbuildings. Name changed to the Queen Street Mental Health Centre in the 1950s. The street address was changed to no. 1001 Queen Street West in the late 1970s.

Dates
Design conceived 1840
Foundation started 1844
Building completed 1858
Officially opened 1850
Altered various
Demolished 1975-1976

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Bulletin / Soc. for the Study of Arch. in Canada 1986 Sept. 4 11 3
Canadian Architect 1975 Sept. 32-40 20 9
Fred Cumberland : Building the Victorian Dream 1997 n/a 256
Globe & Mail 1975 Dec. ? 2nd
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 164-
National Post 2001 Jan. B4 Wed. 10th
Section A 1985 n/a 7 3 2
Toronto Life 1999 Dec. 104-5 33 17

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Address: 104 Shuter Street
Type of Building: Row Houses
Name of Building: Walnut Hall Apartments
Notes: Part of a block of row houses occupying nos. 104 to 110 Shuter Street. Built for ward alderman John O'Donohue. (Buildings sometimes referred to as O'Donohue Row)

Dates
Building completed 1856

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
ACORN 1987 Spring 7 12 1
Antique Showcase 1993 March 51
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1986 Nov. 21
Toronto Star 1996 April J3 20th
Toronto Star 1997 July ? 19th

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Address: 0 Strachan Avenue
Type of Building: Jails
Name of Building: Central Prison + Chapel
Notes: Built to ease the overcrowding of the Don Jail. Used as a Canadian Army barrack during World War One. The main buildings were sold and demolished in 1920. Only the Chapel (which was attached to the south wing in 1877) survives. Chapel being converted into a Café.

Dates
Building completed 1873
Demolished 1920s

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Metro 2000 July 10 Tues 11th
Toronto Star 2001 Oct. P8 Sat. 20th