Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Building Type: Clubhouses

Address: 175 Bathurst Street
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Occident Hall
Notes: Originally a Masonic club, now operates as the "Big Bop" night club / concert hall.

Dates
Building completed 1876

Architects: McCaw & Lennox (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Edward James Lennox: "Builder of Toronto" 1995 n/a 1

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Address: 2350 Bayview Avenue
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Granite Club

Dates
Building completed 1972
Altered 2001

Architects: Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg (firm)
Webb Zerafa Menkes Housden (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Interiors 2002 Mar/Apr 46-49 39 2

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Address: 0 Beech Avenue
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Balmy Beach Club

Dates
Building completed 1905
Officially opened Aug17 1905
Demolished 1936

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Beach In Pictures, 1793-1932 1988 n/a 32-33

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Address: 355 College Street
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: 355 Club
Notes: In the 1930s, the three-story building was owned by the Universal Negro Improvement Association.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 1998 Jan. B3 26th

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Address: 491 College Street
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Freemason's Hall
Notes: Became the Latvian Hall in 1964-65. Now houses a credit union, a library and a fraternity.

Dates
Building completed 1910

Architects: Edwards & Saunders (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Historical walking tour of Kensington Market... 1993 n/a 36

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Address: 568 Dupont Street
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Queen's Club
Notes: Built originally as the Toronto Fugure Skating Club's first permanent home.

Dates
Building completed 1921

Architects: Langley Charles
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Annex Gleaner 1998 Dec. 13

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Address: 0 Eastern Avenue
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Para-Dice Riders Motorcycle Club


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Life 2000 Sept. 94-95 34 14
Toronto Star 1996 May L1 4th

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Address: 1 Eglinton Avenue East
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: York Masonic Temple


Architects: Coon Burwell
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Year-Book 1933 n/a pl.95

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Address: 117 Eglinton Avenue East
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Shark City Athletic Club


Designers: II BY IV Design, (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Interiors 2000 may/Jun 42-46 37 3
Insite 1994 Sept. 46-48 4 1

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Address: 14 Elm Street
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Arts & Letters Club
Notes: Originally St. George's Hall, (Edwards & Webster, 1891). Interior remodelled in 1920 by Sproatt & Rolph.

Dates
Building completed 1891

Architects: Edwards & Webster (firm)
Sproatt & Rolph (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
ACORN 1987 Spring n/a 12 1
Fuse 1986 Fall 10-24
Newsletter / Architectural Conservancy of Toronto 1987 Jan. 7 n/a

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Address: 18 Elm Street
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Elmwood Club
Notes: Originally the YMCA, Gordon & Helliwell, 1890-91. Rear addtition by Andre Ostiguy, 1982.


Architects: Martel Paul
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
ACORN 1987 Spring 5 12 1
Canadian Interiors 1983 Jan/Feb 39-41 20 2

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Address: 56 Elm Street
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Women's Christn Temperance
Notes: Women's Christian Temperance Society. Former site on Elm Street. Premises moved to "Willard Hall" c.1911.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 95

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Address: 0 Gerrard Street East
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Willard Hall

Dates
Cornerstone laid Oct 1911
Building completed 1912
Altered 1921

Architects: Burke Horwood & White (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Jubilee history of the Ontario Woman's Christian.. 1927 n/a all
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 95

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Address: 0 Gerrard Street East
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Vagabonds' Clubhouse


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 1996 May L1 4th

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Address: 110 Glenrose Avenue
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Church (the)
Notes: Initially a church schoolhouse, but utilized in the the 1920s as an artists' studio and meeting place.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Fuse 1986 Fall 10-24

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Address: 7 Hart House Circle
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Hart House

Dates
Building completed 1919

Architects: Sproatt & Rolph (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Annex Gleaner 2000 June 1,5
Building for Beauty 194? n/a 2
Hart House, University of Toronto 1921 n/a all
National Post 2001 Jan. A23 Wed. 24th
University of Toronto Magazine 2001 Sprimg 42-43

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Address: 35 Hazelton Avenue
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Heliconian Club
Notes: Originally the Olivet Congregational Church. Used as a schoolhouse and other purposes until 1923, when it was bought by the Toronto Heliconian Club (formed 1909).

Dates
Building completed 1876

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 1979 Sept. A8 Sat. 29th
Yorkville in pictures 1853 to 1883... 1978 n/a 19

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Address: 115 King Street East
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Oak Hall

Dates
Building completed 1893
Demolished 1938

Architects: Harper George
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 2001 June R5 Sat 2nd
Iron: Cast and wrought iron in Canada.... 1982 n/a 167-8
Journal of the Society for the Study 1998 n/a 134 23 4
Terra Cotta artful deceivers 1990 n/a 32
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 99+

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Address: 110 King Street West
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: United Empire Club

Dates
Building completed 1874-1875
Officially opened July 1875
Demolished 1932

Architects: Grant & Dick (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 116-

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Address: 0 Kingston Road
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Toronto Hunt Club

Dates
Building completed 1895
Demolished 1910 fire

Architects: Darling & Pearson (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Romanesque Head Office of Confederation Life Assn. 1997 n/a 17

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Address: 0 Kintyre Avenue
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Satan's Choice Headquarters


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 1996 May L1 4th

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Address: 21 McGill Street
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: 21 McGill
Notes: Formerly a YMCA building.

Dates
Altered 1982

Architects: Knowles Edward
Smeaton Gordon
Designers: Chaban, Robert
Dickinson, John
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Interiors 1983 Jan/Feb 31-33 20 2
Globe & Mail 1982 dec. ? 18th
Toronto Star 1983 Feb. B2 Tues 1st
Toronto Star 1983 Jan. C1 Fri. 21st

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Address: 23 Prince Arthur Avenue
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Women's Art Assn. of Canada
Notes: The Art Club formed in 1886. It bought two adjacent properties on Prince Arthur in 1916.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 2000 Feb. R1,R2 22nd

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Address: 0 Queen Street East
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Victoria Hall
Notes: Built by E.J. Lennox for the Orange Association, now demolished.

Dates
Building completed 1885

Architects: Lennox Edward
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Edward James Lennox: "Builder of Toronto" 1995 n/a 7,18

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Address: 441 Queen Street West
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Oddfellow's Hall
Notes: Also formerly the Delvaney Bros. Dry Goods Store

Dates
Building completed 1886

Architects: Langley & Burke (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Copper = Cuivre Canadien 1985 Winter 22-23 103

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Address: 25 Severn Street
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Studio Building
Notes: Built in 1913-1914 by Lawren Harris and Dr. James MacCallum for Canadian artists, the Studio Building has become synonymous with the Group of Seven. It was purchased from Lawren Harris in 1948 by artist Gordon MacNamara.

Dates
Building completed 1913

Architects: Smith Eden
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1999 August 16-17 44 8
City & Country Home 1991 Nov. 106+ 10 9
Eden Smith, Architect, 1858-1949 : a Biography 1976 n/a 25-26
Fuse 1986 Fall 10-24
Fuse 1986 Fall 18-19 10 3
Ontario Homes and Living 1963 feb. 6-11
Toronto Star 1979 Sept. A8 Sat. 29th
Urban History Review 1993 March 104+ 21 2

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Address: 25 St. Clair Avenue West
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Badminton & Raquet Club of Toronto
Notes: Originally the Toronto and York radial railway Company, and then the Deer park Carhouse and Shops. The Club purchased part of the site and buildings in 1924. They sold the Yonge Street footage, and access to the Club is now by a private driveway from St. Clair Avenue West.

Dates
Altered 1924

Architects: George, Moorehouse & King (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Historical Walking Tour of Deer Park 1996 n/a 36-37

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Address: 135 St. George Street
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: York Club
Notes: Originally the George Gooderham house. It was sold to the York Club in 1909.

Dates
Building completed 1889-1892

Architects: Roberts David Senior
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Interiors 1982 April 52 19 4
Iron: Cast and wrought iron in Canada.... 1982 n/a 208-9
Romanesque Head Office of Confederation Life Assn. 1997 n/a 16
Romanesque Toronto : a photographic exhibition... 1971 n/a 17-18
Toronto Life 2000 May 98-99 34 8
Toronto Star 2000 Aug. M10 12th
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 34

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Address: 141 St. George Street
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Royal Canadian Yacht Club

Dates
Building completed 1984

Architects: Crang & Boake (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Interiors 1985 Jan/Feb 44-45 22 2

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Address: 21 Temperance Street
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Sons of Temperance Hall


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Dominion Illustrated 1895 Sept 295 7 5th

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Address: 0 Toronto Island(s)
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Royal Canadian Yacht Club


Architects: Sproatt & Rolph (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Exhibition of the Toronto Society of Architects 1905 n/a 59
Toronto Star 2002 May B2 Fri 17th

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Address: 18 Toronto Street
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Masonic Hall
Notes: Cumberland & Storm may have designed the furniture. Purchased by the Canada Permanent Mortgage company in 1876. By 1901 the space was converted to offices. In 1930, the building was taken over by the Excelsior Life Company, was demolished in 1964-1965 and replaced by an office tower.

Dates
Demolished 1962

Architects: Cumberland & Storm (firm)
Kauffman William
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Fred Cumberland : Building the Victorian Dream 1997 n/a 129
Lost Toronto : images of the city's past 1993 n/a 104-5

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Address: 382 University Avenue
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: University Club of Toronto

Dates
Building completed 1929

Architects: Mathers & Haldenby (firm)
Wilkes F. Hilton
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Year-Book 1933 n/a pl.97

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Address: 426 University Avenue
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Royal Canadian Military Institute
Notes: Foundeed in 1890 as a club for army officers garrisoned in Toronto.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 2000 April B2 18th

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Address: 103 Victoria Street
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: YMCA Red Triangle Club
Notes: Formerly 23 Queen Street East? Addition in 1918 necessitated address change?

Dates
Altered 1918

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Manhood 1918 June 144-6 5 3

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Address: 335 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Clubhouses
Name of Building: Olympic Bowling & Rec. Club
Notes: Top storey demolished in 1990. Now houses the Japan Camera retail store.

Dates
Building completed 1922
Demolished 1990

Architects: McLeod A.
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
TRAC : newsletter of the Toronto Region Arch.... 1991 May 11
Terra Cotta artful deceivers 1990 n/a 113