Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Designer: Loring, Frances

Biography
Date of Birth 1887
Place of Birth Newmarket, Ont.
Date of Death 1968
Notes Settled in Toronto in 1912. SEE ALSO: Florence Wyle.

Address: 50 King Street West
Type of Building: Banks
Name of Building: Bank of Montreal

Dates
Building completed 1948
Demolished 1975

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Clearcut : Woolworth Building Toronto, 1949-1997 1997 n/a 24-27
Journal / Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1946 March 64-65 23 3
Natural cut stone for fine buildings 195? n/a unpgd
Rotunda 1992 Spring 47-49 24 4

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Address: 0 Lake Shore Boulevard West
Type of Building: Public Sculpture
Name of Building: Lion Monument
Notes: Column at the entrance of the Queen Elizabeth Highway, celebrating the visit of the King and Queen in 1939. Relocated to Sir Casimir Gzowski Park in 1974.

Dates
Building completed 1939

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Sculpture / Toronto 1994 n/a 7
Toronto Calling 1950 Sept. 3 1 6
Toronto Civic Sculpture 1985 n/a 12-13

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Address: 477 Manning Avenue
Type of Building: Churches
Name of Building: St. Mary Magdalene
Notes: Former address was no. 136 Ulser Street.

Dates
Foundation started 1888
Building completed 1908

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
In the fullness of time: a history of the church.. 1990 n/a all
Rotunda 1995 Winter 41-42 28 3
Toronto Star 1998 Nov. H16 10th

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Address: 0 St. Clair Avenue East
Type of Building: Public Sculpture
Name of Building: Florence Wyle Sculpture
Notes: Situated in the Loring and Wyle Park, north-east corner of St. Clair Avenue East and Mount Pleasant Road. Frances Loring and Florence Wyle executed life-size portraits of each other in 1914. These peices were cast in bronze for the first time in 1984 - the same date as the dedication of the Park named after them. The two artists used to live and have their studio in the Moore Park area.

Dates
Building completed 1984

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Civic Sculpture 1985 n/a 56-57