George Wallace Gouinlock

George Wallace Gouinlock (August 1, 1861- February 13, 1932) was a Toronto-based architect who was responsible for notable structures in Toronto.

Gouinlock was born in 1861 in Paris, Ontario to Walter & Elizabeth Gouinlock.^[1]

He married Georgina Watson in 1889 ^[2] and had sons George Roper and Robert. He trained in various cities (including Hamilton, Chicago and Milwaukee) towards becoming an architect.^[3] He later moved to Winnipeg^[4] as a junior architect with Barber, Bowes & Barber.^[5] He came to Toronto in 1888 and began a partnershhip with architect Francis S. Baker (as Gouinlock & Baker)^[6] from 1888 to 1890.^[7]

The bulk of Gouinlock's career was in Toronto (1888-1927) where most of his work is found.

Projects

Many of Gouinlock's buildings were Beaux-Arts, but his works also feature other architectural styles. Many buildings at Exhibition Place were designed by Gouinlock:

• Press Building, 210 Princes' Boulevard 1905 (Beaux-Arts) ^[8]
• Immersion Studio, 285 Manitoba Drive 1907 (Beaux-Arts) - formerly Music Building and Railway Building^[9]
• CNE Grandstand 1907, destroyed by fire 1947 and rebuilt as Exhibition Stadium 1948
• Horticulture Building, 15 Saskatchewan Road 1907 (Beaux-Arts)^[10]
• CNE Fire Hall and Police Station, 90 Quebec Street 1912 - (Tudor Revival) ^[11]
• Medieval Times Building 1912 (Beaux-Arts), 10 Dufferin Street - formerly Government Building and Arts, Crafts and Hobbies Building^[12]

Other works across Toronto and beyond included:

• 117-119 Collier Street 1891 ^[13]
• Charles Steinle Meat Packing Company, 256 King Street East 1892 ^[14]
• American Watch Case Company, 511 King Street West 1893 ^[15]
• Temple Building, Toronto (Bay and Richmond) 1895 - demolished 1970^[16]
• Manitoba Trust Company Building, Winnipeg (Main Street and Pioneer Street) 1899-1900 - with George Creeford Browne and demolished 1974^[17]
• Town Hall, St. Marys, Ontario 1901 (Romanesque Revival)^[18]
• Bank of Hamilton, 165 Spadina Avenue 1902 - now CIBC branch ^[19]
• Marshall McLuhan’s House (Sir W.T. White House) and Coach House, 39 and 39a Queen's Park Crescent 1903,^[20][21]
• Consumer's Gas Company addition, 23 Toronto Street 1904 ^[22]
• Warwick Bros. and Rutter Publishers, 401 King Street West 1905^[23]
• Sovereign Bank, 172 King Street East 1907 ^[24]
• Canadian Birkbeck Savings and Investment Company Head Office, 10 Adelaide Street East, Toronto 1908 (Edwardian) - now Ontario Heritage Centre ^[25]
• William Peyton Hubbard House, 660 Broadview Avenue 1909 ^[26]
• Ontario Legislative Building North Wing, 1 Queen's Park Crescent 1909^[27]
• MacLean Building, 345 Adelaide Street West 1914 ^[28]
• Princess Margaret Hospital - South Building, 610 University Avenue 1915 - ^[29] - formerly Ontario Hydro-Electric Building
• Art Gallery of Toronto conceptual drawings^[30]
• Alexandra Palace, Toronto - demolished

Later Years and Death

In 1895 he was Chair of the Toronto Society of Architects^[31] and as President of the Ontario Association of Architects in 1909.^[32]

Gouinlock died on February 13, 1932 and buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto.^[33]

Legacy

Gouinlock practiced along from 1890 onwards to 1927. His son George Roper Gouinlock (1896-1979) and Hugh L. Allward (1899-1971) began a new firm in 1935, then by Peter L. Allward as Allward and Gouinlock^[34] Third creation of the Gouinlock firm lasted until 1976.^[35]

His son's firm create various projects in Toronto area:

• Eaton Hall, King City 1932^[36]
• York University Field House 1962^[37]
• Humberview Public School, Toronto^[38]
• McLaughlin Planetarium 1965-1968

See also

• East and West Memorial Buildings Ottawa, 1949 - designed by George Roper Gouinlock and Hugh L. Allward

References