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Information on Designer: Winkler, Fred

Biography
Notes	Sculptor

Address: 44 King Street West

Type of Building: Office Towers

Name of Building: Bank of Nova Scotia

Notes: Occupies the site of the Cawthra House, built in 1852 and demolished in May 1948 - SEE: no. 275 Bay Street. The Bank of Nova Scotia was designed by John M. Lyle in 1928/1929 but built by Mathers & Haldenby (with Beck & Eadie) in 1949-1951. Carved bas-relief panels on the facade designed and executed by sculptor Fred Winkler.

Address:	44 King Street West
Type of Building:	Office Towers
Name of Building:	Bank of Nova Scotia
Notes:	Occupies the site of the Cawthra House, built in 1852 and demolished in May 1948 - SEE: no. 275 Bay Street. The Bank of Nova Scotia was designed by John M. Lyle in 1928/1929 but built by Mathers & Haldenby (with Beck & Eadie) in 1949-1951. Carved bas-relief panels on the facade designed and executed by sculptor Fred Winkler.

Dates
Building completed	1951

Journal or book	Year	Month	Page	Vol.	No.
Architecture and Design	1956	June	?	20
John M. Lyle : toward a Canadian architecture	1982	n/a	114-
Natural cut stone for fine buildings	195?	n/a	unpgd
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar	1997	Fall	7-8	5	3
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar	1997	Spring	30	5	1
Toronto Calling	1951	Oct.	8-11	2	2
Toronto, Carved in Stone	1984	n/a	32

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