Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Architect: Gordon & Helliwell, (firm)


Biography
Notes Henry Bauld Gordon (1854-1951. Born in Toronto and trained under Henry Langley. He established his own firm in 1877, and then he and Grant Helliwell formed a partnership in 1879. It lasted until 1931 when they both retired.


Address: 227 Bloor Street East
Type of Building: Churches
Name of Building: St. Paul's Anglican Church (1)
Notes: Also known as "Old St. Paul's". This 1860s church currently serves as the administrative quarters to the second St. Paul's Angligan Church, built by E.J. Lennox 1910-1913

Dates
Building completed 1858-1860
Altered 1903
Restored 1890

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Builder: an illustrated weekly magazine... 1858 Apr. 278-9 16 24th
Canadian Architect & Builder 1891 Oct. 95/96 4
Construction 1927 June 175++ 20 27th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1928 Sept. 928 42 12th
Contract Record and Engineering Review 1929 Sept. 1131 43 18th
Contract Record. -- 1907 Dec. 19 18 4th
Contract Record. -- 1890 May 3 1 17th
Contract Record. -- 1903 April 4 14 15th
Edward James Lennox: "Builder of Toronto" 1995 n/a 55
Jarvis Street : a story of triumph and tragedy 1980 n/a 144-5
Toronto Star 1999 May B2 18th

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Address: 188 Carlton Street
Intersection: Bloor Street West
Type of Building: Churches
Name of Building: St. Peter's Anglican Church
Notes: Addition built 1890 by Gordon & Helliwell.

Dates
Building completed 1864-1866

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Cabbagetown In Pictures 1984 n/a 32
Cabbagetown remembered 1984 n/a 68-69
Gothic Revival in Canadian Architecture 1980 n/a 156-7 n/a n/a
Rotunda 1992 Spr. 27-33 24 7
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a

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Address: 131 Farnham Avenue
Type of Building: Mansions
Name of Building: Oaklands
Notes: Original owner was John Macdonald. House is now part of the De La Salle College Oaklands.

Dates
Building completed 1860

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
City: the Toronto Star Sunday Magazine 1979 Dec. 14+ 8th
Estates of Old Toronto 1997 n/a 78-79
Historical Walking Tour of Deer Park 1996 n/a 21-22
Homeplace: The Making of the Cdn. Dwelling 2000 n/a 153
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 1995 Sum. 11 3 2
Toronto, 100 years of grandeur 1978 n/a 148+

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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: 96 Spadina Avenue
Intersection: Adelaide Street West
Type of Building: Condominiums
Name of Building: Darling Building
Notes: Occupies no. 96-104 Spadina Ave. Originally housed the Darling Dress Company's warehouse and factory. One of the area's first loft-conversions.

Dates
Foundation started 1907
Building completed 1909

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 1996 Winter 30 4 3

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Address: 80 Winchester Street
Type of Building: Churches
Name of Building: St. Enoch's Presbyterian Ch.
Notes: Became St. Enoch's United Church in c1939. became the Don Valley Community Centre in the 1960s. Purchased by the Toronto Dance Thetare in 1978, which renovated the building into three large dance studios.

Dates
Building completed 1891
Altered 1927, c1978

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Cabbagetown: The Story of... 1998 n/a 47,81
Toronto Life 1991 March H14

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Address: 105 Woodlawn Avenue West
Type of Building: Architect-designed houses
Name of Building: Henry Gordon House
Notes: Initially the home of architect Henry Gordon. It was also the home to Dr. Charles H. Best who lived there from 1968 to 1978.

Dates
Building completed 1890

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Historical Walking Tour of Deer Park 1996 n/a 20
Toronto Star 1970 July ? 4

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Address: 0 Yonge Street
Intersection: McGill Street
Type of Building: Community Centres
Name of Building: YMCA

Dates
Building completed late 1890s?

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 91