Edmund Burke (architect)

Edmund Burke
Born 1850
Died 1919
Nationality Canadian
Work
Projects Prince Edward Viaduct

Edmund Burke (1850 – 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, which later became the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC). He studied architecture with his uncle Henry Langley.

Works

Building Year Completed Builder Style Source Location Image
St. Luke's United Church 1874 Henry Langley and Edmund Burke Gothic 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) Gothic 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 1881 Edmund Burke Gothic Revival Toronto, Ontario
Robert Simpsons Department Store Building 1908 Edmund Burke Gothic Revival Toronto, Ontario
Owens Art Gallery, Edmund Burke Gothic Revival Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, Canada

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