E. J. Lennox

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Edward James Lennox (1854-1933) was a Toronto based architect who designed several of the city's most notable landmarks in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries including:

• Toronto's Old City Hall
• Casa Loma
• the West Wing of the Ontario legislative buildings at Queen's Park
• King Edward Hotel.

His character can be seen on the facade of the Old City Hall - he's the one with the handlebar moustache.

Other Lennox projects include:

• Neo-Renaissance Powerhouse at Niagara Falls, Ontario
• Massey Manufacturing Company Office Building, 710 King Street West and 519 King Street West
• 37 Madison Avenue
• Milburn Building at 47-55 Colborne Street
• The Toronto Athletic Club at 147 College Street
• Massey Mausoleum at Mount Pleasant Cemetery
• Bank of Toronto at 205 Yonge Street
• St. Paul's Anglican Church on Bloor Street East
• Excelsior Life Insurance Company
• 36 Toronto Street
• Lennox's own residence, Lenwil at 5 Austin Terrace
• Georgetown High School (1889 - 1959) Georgetown, Ontario
• Berwick Hall, home of John Barber in Georgetown, Ontario