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 |
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St. Andrew's Evangelical Lutheran Church |
1878 |
Henry Langley & Edmund Burke |
Gothic Revival |
15 |
383 Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario |
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Jarvis Street Baptist Church |
1878 |
Henry Langley & Edmund Burke |
Gothic Revival |
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Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario |
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McMaster Hall |
1881 |
Henry Langley, Henry Langley and Edmund Burke (Design) |
Gothic Revival |
2 |
273 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario |
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Beverley Street Baptist Church |
1886 |
Henry Langley & Edmund Burke |
Gothic Revival |
6 |
72 Beverley Street, Toronto, Ontario |
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Trinity-St. Paul's United Church |
1887–1889 |
Henry Langley and Edmund Burke |
Gothic Revival |
15 |
Bloor Street west of Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario |
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Prince Edward Viaduct |
1881 |
Edmund Burke |
Gothic Revival |
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Toronto, Ontario |
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Robert Simpsons Department Store Building |
1908 |
Edmund Burke |
Gothic Revival |
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Toronto, Ontario |
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Owens Art Gallery, |
|
Edmund Burke |
Gothic Revival |
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Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, Canada |
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Walmer Road Baptist Church, |
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Edmund Burke & Henry Langley |
Gothic Revival |
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188 Lowther Street, Toronto, Canada |
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References
Persondata |
Name |
Burke, Edmund |
Alternative names |
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Short description |
Architect |
Date of birth |
1850 |
Place of birth |
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Date of death |
1919 |
Place of death |
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