George Wallace Gouinlock
George Wallace Gouinlock (August 1, 1861- February 13, 1932) was a Toronto-based architect who was responsible for notable structures in Toronto.
Gouinlock was born in 1861 in Paris, Ontario to Walter & Elizabeth Gouinlock.[1]
He married Georgina Watson in 1889[1] and had sons George Roper and Robert. He trained in various cities (including Hamilton, Chicago and Milwaukee) towards becoming an architect.[2] He later moved to Winnipeg[3] as a junior architect with Barber, Bowes & Barber.[2] He came to Toronto in 1888 and began a partnership with architect Francis S. Baker (as Gouinlock & Baker)[4] from 1888 to 1890.[2]
The bulk of Gouinlock's career was in Toronto (1888-1927) where most of his work is found.
Projects
Many of Gouinlock's buildings were Beaux-Arts, but his works also feature other architectural styles. Many buildings at Exhibition Place were designed by Gouinlock:
- Press Building, 210 Princes' Boulevard 1905 (Beaux-Arts)[5]
- Music Building, 285 Manitoba Drive 1907 (Beaux-Arts) - formerly Railway Building[6]
- CNE Grandstand 1907, destroyed by fire 1947 and rebuilt as Exhibition Stadium 1948
- Horticulture Building, 15 Saskatchewan Road 1907 (Beaux-Arts)[7]
- CNE Fire Hall and Police Station, 90 Quebec Street 1912 - (Tudor Revival)[8]
- CNE Government Building 1912 (Beaux-Arts), 10 Dufferin Street - now Medieval Times Building, formerly Government Building and Arts, Crafts and Hobbies Building[9]
Other works across Toronto and beyond included:
- 117-119 Collier Street 1891[10]
- Charles Steinle Meat Packing Company, 256 King Street East 1892[10]
- American Watch Case Company, 511 King Street West 1893[10]
- Temple Building, Toronto (Bay and Richmond) 1895 - demolished 1970[11]
- Manitoba Trust Company Building, Winnipeg (Main Street and Pioneer Street) 1899-1900 - with George Creeford Browne and demolished 1974[12]
- Town Hall, St. Marys, Ontario 1901 (Romanesque Revival)[13]
- Bank of Hamilton, 165 Spadina Avenue 1902 - now CIBC branch[10]
- Marshall McLuhan’s House (Sir W.T. White House) and Coach House, 39 and 39a Queen's Park Crescent 1903,[10][14]
- Consumer's Gas Company addition, 23 Toronto Street 1904[10]
- Warwick Bros. and Rutter Publishers, 401 King Street West 1905[15]
- Sovereign Bank, 172 King Street East 1907[10]
- Canadian Birkbeck Savings and Investment Company Head Office, 10 Adelaide Street East, Toronto 1908 (Edwardian) - now Ontario Heritage Centre[16]
- William Peyton Hubbard House, 660 Broadview Avenue 1909[10]
- Ontario Legislative Building North Wing, 1 Queen's Park Crescent 1909[17]
- MacLean Building, 345 Adelaide Street West 1914[10]
- Princess Margaret Hospital - South Building, 610 University Avenue 1915[18] - formerly Ontario Hydro-Electric Building
- Art Gallery of Toronto conceptual drawings[19]
- Alexandra Palace, Toronto - demolished
Later Years and Death
In 1895 he was Chair of the Toronto Society of Architects[20] and as President of the Ontario Association of Architects in 1909.[2]
Gouinlock died on February 13, 1932 and buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto.[3]
Legacy
Gouinlock practiced along from 1890 onwards to 1927. His son George Roper Gouinlock (1896-1979) and Hugh L. Allward (1899-1971) began a new firm in 1935, then by Peter L. Allward as Allward and Gouinlock[4] Third creation of the Gouinlock firm lasted until 1976.[2]
His son's firm create various projects in Toronto area:
- Eaton Hall, King City 1932[21]
- York University Field House 1962[21]
- Humberview Public School, Toronto[21]
- McLaughlin Planetarium 1965-1968
See also
- East and West Memorial Buildings Ottawa, 1949 - designed by George Roper Gouinlock and Hugh L. Allward
References
- 1 2 "Brant 89". ancestry.com.
- 1 2 3 4 5 http://ao.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/1536/AUTH_JOIN/HEADING/Gouinlock,~20George~20W.,~201861-1926~20or~201927?JUMP
- 1 2 http://www.mountpleasantgroup.com/new/interest/stories/archives/gouinlock
- 1 2 http://archindont.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ArchindontWeb/architect.do?archDesigID=29
- ↑ http://www.cnearchives.com/v16.htm
- ↑ http://www.cnearchives.com/v19.htm
- ↑ http://www.cnearchives.com/v14.htm
- ↑ http://www.cnearchives.com/v20.htm
- ↑ http://www.cnearchives.com/v12.htm
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "TOBuilt: Buildings Related to a Company". tobuilt.ca.
- ↑ Torontoist. "Historicist: Toronto's First Skyscraper". torontoist.com.
- ↑ "Browne, George Creeford". dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org.
- ↑ "George Wallace Gouinlock: Picture St. Marys". ourontario.ca.
- ↑ "McLuhan100 » Blog Archive » Doors Open at the Coach House". mcluhan100.ca.
- ↑ "Warwick Bros. and Rutter Publishers-Toronto, Ontario, Canada". urbandb.com.
- ↑ http://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/Conservation/Buildings/Ontario-Heritage-Centre-(Toronto)/Restoration.aspx
- ↑ "North Wing". Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Discovery Portal.
- ↑ "Princess Margaret Hospital - South Building-Toronto, Ontario, Canada". urbandb.com.
- ↑ http://ao.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/1526/DESCRIPTION_WEB/REFD/C~2011-447?JUMP
- ↑ "Past Chairs - Toronto Society of Architects". torontosocietyofarchitects.ca.
- 1 2 3 http://www.senecacollege.ca/retirees/05_e-mail_newsletter/03_2009/06_e-sentinel_october/006_king_p155-221.pdf
External links
Media related to George Wallace Gouinlock at Wikimedia Commons