Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Building Type: Memorials

Address: 0 Brunswick Avenue
Type of Building: Memorials
Name of Building: Margaret Fairley Memorial
Notes: Located on the east side of Margaret Fairley Park.

Dates
Building completed 1973

Architects: Redsell-Fellow Pauline
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Sculpture / Toronto 1994 n/a 88
Toronto Civic Sculpture 1985 n/a 32

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Address: 65 Church Street
Type of Building: Memorials
Name of Building: St. James Cathedral - Memorial Cross
Notes: Erected in 1924 to honour the 48 parishioners who died in the First World War.

Dates
Building completed 1924

Architects: Sproatt & Rolph (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Construction 1927 April 117 20
Parish and Cathedral of St. James' 1998 n/a 107+

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Address: 7 Hart House Circle
Type of Building: Memorials
Name of Building: Soldiers' Memorial Tower
Notes: Situated between University College and Hart House. It was added to Hart House to commemorate students and alumni who lost their lives in World War I (and later World War II).

Dates
Building completed 1924

Architects: Sproatt & Rolph (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Rotunda 1992 Spr. 27-33 24 7
Toronto Places 1992 n/a 86-87
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 98

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Address: 0 Lake Shore Boulevard West
Type of Building: Memorials
Name of Building: Sir Casimir Gzowski Memorial

Dates
Building completed 1896, 1968

Architects: d'Wonnick Richard
Designers: Dunbar, Frederick A.
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Sculpture / Toronto 1994 n/a 9
Toronto Civic Sculpture 1985 n/a 14-16
Toronto Star 1998 Aug. A4 Mon. 24th

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Address: 0 Lake Shore Boulevard West
Type of Building: Memorials
Name of Building: Ned Hanlan memorial
Notes: Located in Exhibition Park.

Dates
Building completed 1926

Designers: Hahn, Emanuel
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Sculpture / Toronto 1994 n/a 19
Toronto Civic Sculpture 1985 n/a 22-23

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Address: 0 Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Type of Building: Memorials
Name of Building: William Thomas Monument

Dates
Design conceived 1850
Building completed c1860

Architects: Thomas William
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Journal of the Society for the Study 1999 Spring 29 24 1
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 1999 Fall 30 7 3

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Address: 635 Parliament Street
Type of Building: Memorials
Name of Building: Gzowski Monument


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
City: the Toronto Star Sunday Magazine 1979 Dec 26 8th

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Address: 0 Portland Street
Type of Building: Memorials
Name of Building: War of 1812 Memorial
Notes: Located in Victoria Memorial Park. Funded by the "British army and Navy veterans residing in Toronto"...

Dates
Building completed 1902-1906

Architects: Allward Walter
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Sculpture / Toronto 1994 n/a 25
Toronto Civic Sculpture 1985 n/a 30-31

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Address: 0 Queen's Park
Type of Building: Memorials
Name of Building: Forty-Eighth Highlanders Regimental Memorial

Dates
Building completed 1923

Architects: Mathers & Haldenby (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Civic Sculpture 1985 n/a 41-42

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Address: 0 Roncesvalles Avenue
Type of Building: Memorials
Name of Building: Katyn Memorial
Notes: The Canadian Polish Congress sponsored and financed this monument in remembrance of the 15,000 Polish Officers who disappeared from prisoner-of-war camps in the USSR during the spring of 1940.

Dates
Building completed 1980
Officially opened Sept 1980

Architects: Janowski Tadeusz
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Sculpture / Toronto 1994 n/a 8
Toronto Civic Sculpture 1985 n/a 19-20

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Address: 0 University Avenue
Type of Building: Memorials
Name of Building: Canadian Airmens' Memorial
Notes: Title of the work is actually "Per ardua ad astra". It was donated to the municipality of Metropolitan Toronto by Henry R. Jackman and the Jackman Foundation. Inscription says: "In memory of our Canadian airmen who fought in the skies to preserve freedom and order in this world".

Dates
Building completed 1984

Designers: Nemon, Oscar
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 2002 May A22 Tues 14th
Toronto Civic Sculpture 1985 n/a 89
Toronto Civic Sculpture 1994 n/a 52
Toronto Life 2002 April 104-5
Toronto Life 2002 April 104-5
Toronto Life 1994 May 45-48 28 7

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Address: 0 University Avenue
Type of Building: Memorials
Name of Building: Adam Beck Memorial

Dates
Building completed 1933

Designers: Hahn, Emanuel
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Construction 1932 Dec. 279 25
Sculpture / Toronto 1994 n/a 35
Toronto Civic Sculpture 1985 n/a 92-93

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Address: 0 University Avenue
Type of Building: Memorials
Name of Building: South African War Memorial

Dates
Building completed 1910

Designers: Allward, Walter
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
National Post 2001 Jan. A19 Wed. 17th
National Post 2001 Jan. A15 wed. 18th
Sculpture / Toronto 1994 n/a 49
Toronto Civic Sculpture 1985 n/a 90-91
Toronto Star 2001 Jan. B4 18th

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Address: 0 University Avenue
Type of Building: Memorials
Name of Building: Sons of England Memorial
Notes: 1914-1918 Memorial

Dates
Building completed 1923

Designers: Adamson, Charles
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Sculpture / Toronto 1994 n/a 51
Toronto Civic Sculpture 1985 n/a 87-88