Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Architect: Smith & Gemmell, (firm)


Biography
Notes Scottish-born John Gemmell in partnership with Torontonian James Smith.


Address: 39 Adelaide Street East
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Millichamps Building

Dates
Building completed 1875
Restored 1983

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Metropolitan Toronto Business Journal 1989 Nov. 38
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1988 April 6-7
Toronto Star 1987 May ? 30th

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Address: 121 Avenue Road
Type of Building: Churches
Name of Building: St. Paul's Avenue Rd U Church
Notes: originally St. Paul's methodist Church. Ceiling painted c1890s by Gustav Hahn. Destroyed by fire April 1995.

Dates
Building completed c1877
Demolished 1995-fire

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 1995 May C5 Wed. 3rd
Globe & Mail 1982 Amy ? 8th
Globe & Mail 1972 Dec ? 22nd
Joy of Wychwood : an exhibition of art... 1988 n/a 65-71
Toronto Life 1995 April 78-80 29 6
Toronto Star 1982 Aug ? 5th
Toronto Star 1982 May ? 8th
Toronto Star 1982 June ? 16th
Toronto Star 1995 May A4 20th
Toronto Star 1995 April A6 25th

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Address: 162 Bloor Street West
Type of Building: Churches
Name of Building: Church of the Redeemer

Dates
Building completed 1879

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 1993 April C1 & Wed. 7th
Yorkville in pictures 1853 to 1883... 1978 n/a 23

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Address: 452 College Street
Intersection: Bathurst Street
Type of Building: Churches
Name of Building: College St. United Church
Notes: Previously called College Street Presbyterian Church. Most of the old church was demolished in 1986, and an 89-unit condominium was built around it in 1988-89. SEE ALSO: 456 College Condominium.

Dates
Building completed 1884-1885
Altered 1988-1989

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Historical walking tour of Kensington Market... 1993 n/a 34-35
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1987 January 6 n/a n/a

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Address: 2 Elm Avenue
Type of Building: Mansions
Name of Building: Glen Hurst
Notes: Originally the home of Edgar Jarvis. In the 1890s, the street address was 75 Park Road. In 1948, the property was sold to Branksome Hall School, a private school for girls, and the house was converted into classroooms. In the recent past, the house has been known as "Readacres".

Dates
Building completed 1866
Altered 1880, 1948

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
ACORN 2000 Spring 8 25 1
Toronto, 100 years of grandeur 1978 n/a 162+

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Address: 36 Front Street East
Type of Building: Banks
Name of Building: Royal Canadian Bank

Dates
Design conceived 1870
Building completed 1871-1872
Demolished 1964-1965

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 80-81

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Address: 0 Queen Street West
Intersection: James Street
Type of Building: Community Centres
Name of Building: Shaftesbury Hall
Notes: Built for the Yonge Men's Christian Association, and contained a reading room, a lecture hall, classrooms, committee rooms and a gymnasium in the basement.

Dates
Building completed 1982
Demolished yes

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

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Address: 289 Sumach Street
Type of Building: Colleges
Name of Building: Ontario Medical College for Women
Notes: The forerunner of Women's College Hospital. The building is now a 10-unit condominium.

Dates
Building completed 1890

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Cabbagetown In Pictures 1984 n/a 12
Cabbagetown remembered 1984 n/a 79,82
Cabbagetown: The Story of... 1998 n/a 39
Globe & Mail 2002 Mar. G11 Fri 1st

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Address: 17 Wellington Street East
Intersection: Scott Street
Type of Building: Office Buildings
Name of Building: Montreal Telegraph Company

Dates
Building completed 1870-1871

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 84-85

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Address: 0 Yonge Street
Intersection: Lawton Boulevard
Type of Building: Churches
Name of Building: Christ Church
Notes: Located in the suburban village of Deer Park, located along Yonge Street, north of Yorkville.

Dates
Building completed 1870
Demolished c1910

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1984 June 30-33 29 6
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 232-

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Address: 37 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Warehouses
Name of Building: Joseph Wey & Company

Dates
Building completed 1871-1872

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 88-89