Kivas Tully

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Kivas Tully (1820–April 24, 1905) was an Irish-Canadian architect.

Born in Garryvacum in County Laois, Ireland, Kivas Tully was the son of John P. Tully, a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and Alicia Willington. He trained as an architect at the Royal Naval School in London, England, before coming to the Province of Canada in 1844, arriving in Toronto, Ontario, where he began working at the firm of John George Howard, designing many important buildings throughout southern Ontario.

Following Canadian Confederation, Tully joined the Ontario Department of Public Works in 1868, where he was involved in the supervising of the competition leading to the design of the Ontario parliament buildings at Queen's Park, Toronto. He retired in 1896 and died in 1905 in Toronto.

Some of his more prominent designs include:

• Old Bank of Montreal Building, Toronto
• Old Trinity College, Toronto
• Victoria Hall, Cobourg, Ontario

[edit] External links

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online