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Architecture of Canada

13 August 2009
1884 – Knox Presbyterian Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1884 – Knox Presbyterian Church, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Balston C. Kenway Built in the boom years of the early 1880s, the cost of this new church, with the site, was $60,000; it was opened for services on 17 August 1884....

11 December 2009
1884 – St Andrew By-The-Lake, Toronto, Ontario

1884 – St Andrew By-The-Lake, Toronto, Ontario

Architect: Arthur R. Denison The moving force behind the construction of this island church was Reverend Arthur Sweatman who later became Archbishop of Toronto, and Primate of All Canada [1907 - 1909]. The...

16 December 2009
1884 – St. John the Baptist Church, Quebec City, Quebec

1884 – St. John the Baptist Church, Quebec City, Quebec

Architect: Joseph-Ferdinand Peachy Following the fire of 1881 that destroyed Saint-Jean Church (constructed in 1847) and almost the entire Saint-Jean-Baptiste suburb, Joseph-Ferdinand Peachy was asked to construct a new church. He created a...

21 April 2010
1884 – Telegram Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1884 – Telegram Building, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architects: William Hodgson This building was constructed for R.J. Whitla & Co., dry goods wholesaler and internally features pre-fabricated cast iron columns. Whitla & Co. constructed a larger warehouse on McDermot Avenue in...

10 December 2009
1885 – Notre Dame Cathedral, Ottawa, Ontario

1885 – Notre Dame Cathedral, Ottawa, Ontario

Architect: Georges Buillon The first plan dates from 1839 but the work on the building’s structure was conducted between 1841 and 1865, and the interior ornamentation, from 1876 to 1885. Missionaries on temporary...

06 August 2009
1885 – St. John’s Cathedral, Newfoundland

1885 – St. John’s Cathedral, Newfoundland

Architect: Sir George Gilbert Scott The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is located in the city of St. John’s, Newfoundland. This parish in the Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador was founded...

30 September 2009
1885 – Victoria Hospital for Children, Montreal, Quebec

1885 – Victoria Hospital for Children, Montreal, Quebec

Architect: H. Saxon Snell & Son

04 July 2010
1886 – City Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba

1886 – City Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Architect: Barber & Barber A complete Victorian fantasy of a city hall, this the second City Hall for Winnipeg was mired in controversy for its entire lifetime. Disputes over the location, materials used...

11 December 2009
1886 – Hockey Hall of Fame (Former Bank of Montreal), Toronto, Ontario

1886 – Hockey Hall of Fame (Former Bank of Montreal), Toronto, Ontario

Architect: Darling & Curry Designed in 1885-86 to replace a building that was not yet thirty years old, because it was not grand enough for the aspirations of the Bank of Montreal, and...