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Chapman and Oxley was a Toronto, Ontario, Canada - based architectural firm and responsible for designing a number of Beaux Arts buildings in the city in the 1920s and 1930s. Even with the departure of Chapman, the firm's last projects appeared to be in the late 1940s.
The firm was founded by architects Alfred Hirschfelder Chapman (1875-1949) and James Morrow Oxley (1883-1957) in 1919.
A.H. Chapman lived in Toronto and studied architecture in Paris. Prior to going to Paris he apprenticed under Toronto architect Beaumont Jarvis (1864-1948). Chapman and Oxley ended his work in 1943 and died in 1949. He is buried at St. George's Church (Anglican) and Cemetery (Susan Sibbald Memorial Stone Church) in Sutton, Ontario.
Chapman's son Howard D. Chapman (Chapman and Hurst)was also an architect and worked with Howard V. Walker on a number of restoration projects in the 1980s. His other son Christopher Chapman (1927-) is a writer, director and cinematographer.
J.M. Oxley attended the University of Toronto as an engineering (applied sciences) student and fought in World War I in the Canadian Army (Canadian Expeditionary Force) from 1915-1918.[1] He was President of the Mississauga Golf and Country Club from 1939 to 1940. Oxley died in 1957.
A list of projects worked on by Chapman and Oxley:
Building Year Type Notes Toronto Harbour Commission Building 1919 Office building Sunnyside Bathing Pavilion 1922 public pool Palais Royale 1922 dancehall built with Bishop 330 Bay Street 1925 16 storey office tower Maple Leaf Stadium 1926 baseball stadium demolished 1968 National Building 1926 12 storey office building demolished in 2006 Crosee and Blackwell Building 1927 television station later as CFMT Building Prince's Gate (Toronto), at Exhibition Place 1927 arch gateway Dominion Building (Toronto) 1927 12 storey office tower home to National Cash Register; later as City Hall Annex (City of Toronto) and Ryerson Polytechnic; demolished 1977 after fire damaged the strucuture Runnymede Theatre, Toronto 1927 double screen atmospheric theatre closed 1998 and converted to Chapter's bookstore[2] Capitol Theatre, Cornwall, Ontario 1928 single screen atmospheric theatre inner theatre designed by architect G.J. Mace; closed 1985 and demolished 1991[3] Old Toronto Star Building 1929 office building demolished 1970 and now site of First Canadian Place Sterling Tower 1929 21 storey office tower The Bay's Queen Street location 1929 9 storey department store addition houses the Arcadian Court) and Robert Simpson Complex at the rear Toronto Public Library Circulating Library 1930 library now Koffler Student Centre, University of Toronto Toronto Hydro Building (Carlton Street) 1931 office building with associate Albert E Salisbury Royal Ontario Museum 1933 expansion wing Holy Blossom Temple 1938 synagogue Heaslip House 1938-1939 office building built as HQ for E.P. Talyor's Canadian Breweries Limited - purchased by Ryerson University as home for radio station CRJT and now home to Chang School of Continuing Education Bank of Montreal building at King and Bay 1948 bank building demolished 1972 A list of work by Chapman or Oxley prior to the founding of their firm in 1919:
Building Year Type Architects old Oakville Grammar School (Reynolds Street) 1908 school Chapman Toronto Public Library Bloor-Gladstone Branch 1911-1913 library Alfred H. Chapman & Robert B. McGiffen; renovated by Howard D Chapman 1975 Toronto Reference Library - St. George Street 1909 library Wickson & Gregg and A.H. Chapman; now Koffler Student Centre, University of Toronto Carnegie Library - Dundas, Ontario 1909 library Chapman and McGiffen; now Carnegie Gallery Rosedale Presbyterian Church, Toronto 1909 church Chapman and McGiffen Knox College (University of Toronto) 1912-15 university building Chapman and McGiffen Toronto Public Library Dovercourt Branch 1913 library Chapman and McGiffen Carnegie Library - Barrie, Ontario 1915 library Chapman and McGiffen; now MacLaren Arts Centre See also
List of other and rival Toronto architectural firms:
References
- ^ [World War I Roll of Service, 1914-1918, University of Toronto, p419]
- ^ Runnymede Theatre
- ^ Capitol Theatre
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