Edmund Burke (architect)
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Edmund Burke | |
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Born | October 31, 1851 |
Died | January 2, 1919 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | (aged 68)
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | Upper Canada College |
Occupation | Architect |
Spouse | Minnie Jane Black (m. 1881) |
Projects | Prince Edward Viaduct |
Edmund Burke (1851–1919) was a highly regarded Canadian architect best known for building Toronto's Prince Edward Viaduct or "Bloor Street Viaduct", and Toronto's Robert Simpson store. He served as the vice-president, then President of the Ontario Association of Architects.
Personal
[edit]Burke was born in Toronto to parents with ties to building industry:
- father William Burke was a local lumber merchant and builder who founded Burke, Smith & Co in 1850 (ceased operations 1967) that supplied timber to build important structures in Toronto like the Crystal Palace at the Provincial Exhibition Grounds and Gooderham and Worts Distillery)[1])
- mother Sarah Langley was sister to architect Henry Langley, whom Burke later trained with.
Education and training
[edit]Burke attended Jesse Ketchum Public School, Upper Canada College and Toronto Mechanics' Institute[2] before apprenticing as an architect with his maternal uncle and forming the firm Langley and Burke in 1873.
Later life and death
[edit]Most of Burke's professional career was in Toronto and he lived a little more than a decade after his uncle's death. Burke died in the city and is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, where he designed the mortuary chapel in 1893.[3]
Works
[edit]Building | Year Completed | Builder | Style | Source | Location | Image |
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St. Luke's United Church | 1874 | Henry Langley and Edmund Burke | Romanesque Revival | 15 | Sherborne Street and Carlton Street, Toronto, Ontario | |
St. Andrew's Evangelical Lutheran Church | 1878 | Henry Langley & Edmund Burke | Gothic Revival | 15 | 383 Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario | |
Jarvis Street Baptist Church | 1878 | Henry Langley & Edmund Burke | Gothic Revival | Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario | ||
McMaster Hall | 1881 | Henry Langley, Henry Langley and Edmund Burke (Design) | Romanesque Revival | 2 | 273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario | |
Beverley Street Baptist Church | 1886 | Henry Langley & Edmund Burke | Gothic Revival | 6 | 72 Beverley Street, Toronto, Ontario | |
Trinity-St. Paul's United Church | 1887–1889 | Henry Langley and Edmund Burke | Gothic Revival | 15 | Bloor Street west of Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario | |
Prince Edward Viaduct | 1918 | Edmund Burke | Gothic Revival | Toronto, Ontario | ||
Robert Simpson's Department Store Building | 1896, 1908, 1923 | Edmund Burke | Romanesque Revival, Chicago School | Toronto, Ontario | ||
Orillia City Hall – rebuild plans for Orillia City Hall built in 1895 by Gordon & Helliwell | 1915 | Edmund Burke, J.C.B. Horwood and Murray White [4] | Romanesque Revival | 20 Mississauga Street West, Orillia, Ontario | ||
Owens Art Gallery | 1895 | Edmund Burke | Renaissance Revival | Mount Allison University, 61 York Street, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada | ||
Hammond/Black House (home for Fine Arts head John Hammond and now residence to the President of Mount Allison University) | 1896 | Edmund Burke | Queen Anne Revival-style | Mount Allison University, 82 York Street, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada | ||
Walmer Road Baptist Church | 1889–1892 | Edmund Burke & Henry Langley | Gothic Revival | 188 Lowther Street, Toronto, Canada | ||
Broadmoor Manor | 1908 | Edmund Burke | Romanesque Revival | 15 | 382 Main Street, Tantramar, New Brunswick. Home of renowned Canadian sculptor Christian Cardell Corbet |
References
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Biography – BURKE, EDMUND (1850–1919) – Volume XIV (1911–1920) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". Archived from the original on 2017-09-25. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ^ "Biography – BURKE, EDMUND (1850–1919) – Volume XIV (1911–1920) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". Archived from the original on 2017-09-25. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-01-16.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)