Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Designer: Hahn, Gustav

Biography
Date of Birth 1866
Place of Birth Toronto
Date of Death Dec. 1962
Education Central Ontario School of Art (now OCAD)
Notes Educated in Stuttgart, Munich and Italy. Emigrated to Canada with his family in 1886. Taught the first Interior Design course at the Central Ontario School of Art (now Ontario College of Art and Design). Was the first Interior Designer to be taken into membership of the Royal Canadian Academy. Brother of artist and sculptor Emanuel Hahn.

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: 519 Jarvis Street
Type of Building: Houses
Notes: Originally the home of Charles H. Massey. Now functions as the sales office of the Massey Estates townhomes.

Dates
Building completed 1883

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
. 2000 Sept. P1+ Sat. 2nd
Edward James Lennox: "Builder of Toronto" 1995 n/a 5-6
Jarvis Street : a story of triumph and tragedy 1980 n/a var.
National Post 2000 Oct. N7 Sat. 7th
Toronto Star 2001 Nov. N1 Sat. 22nd
Toronto Star 2000 May N1+ Sat. 27th

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Address: 1 Queen's Park
Type of Building: Legislative Buildings
Name of Building: Provincial Parliament Buildings (current)
Notes: A fire destroyed part of the west wing in 1909. A north wing was completed in 1912. SEE ALSO: Provincial Parliament Buildings - East Block (for the 1924-1928 east portion of the Legislative Buildings, often referred to as the "Whitney Block").

Dates
Building completed 1886-1892
Altered 1910,1913
Restored 1993

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Art in architecture : art for the built environ... 1982 n/a 28-35
Canadian Architect 1993 April 25-28 38 4
Canadian Architect 2000 Sept. 30-31 45 9
Canadian Interiors 2000 May/Jun 51-52 37 3
Century to Celebrate, 1893-1993 1993 n/a ALL
Edward James Lennox: "Builder of Toronto" 1995 n/a 82,90
From Front Street to Queen's Park... 1979 n/a 48++
Palaces of Government (The) 1993 n/a many
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 1998 Sum. 30 6 2
Romanesque Toronto : a photographic exhibition... 1971 n/a 20
Toronto Architect Edmund Burke 1995 n/a 112-4
Toronto Contruction News 1993 Sep/Oct 16-19 11 5
Toronto Star 2000 Aug. L5 Sat. 12th
Toronto Star 2001 Aug. B1+ 6th
Toronto Star 1987 Nov. C11 22nd
Toronto, Carved in Stone 1984 n/a 22-23

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Address: 78 Queen's Park
Type of Building: Mansions
Name of Building: Flavelle House
Notes: Originally called "Holwood" the mansion was built by Joseph Flavelle, president of the William Davies Co., forerunner of Canada Packers. Now functions as the centre of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Law. Law library was added in 1961 by Hart Massey with William J. McBain.

Dates
Building completed 1901-1902
Altered 1961

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Beaux-arts Toronto 1973 n/a 7-8
Canadian Collector 1975 Nov/Dec 17-21 10 6
Mayfair 1949 Oct. 56-59 23

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Address: 15 Wychwood Park
Type of Building: Houses
Notes: Initially the home of artist Gustav Hahn.

Dates
Building completed 1910

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Joy of Wychwood : an exhibition of art... 1988 n/a 64-65