George Wallace Gouinlock


George Wallace Gouinlock was a prominent Canadian architect. Gouinlock practiced mostly in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, including several designated buildings at Exhibition Place.
His son George Roper Gouinlock also practised architecture.

Biography

Gouinlock was born in 1861 in Paris, Ontario to Walter and Elizabeth Gouinlock. Gouinlock trained in various cities towards becoming an architect. He later moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba as a junior architect with Barber, Bowes & Barber. He came back to Toronto in 1888 and began a partnership with architect Francis S. Baker from 1888 to 1890.
The bulk of Gouinlock's work was in Toronto. In 1895, he was Chair of the Toronto Society of Architects and President of the Ontario Association of Architects in 1909. Gouinlock retired in 1927.
Gouinlock married Georgina Watson in 1889 and had two sons George Roper and Robert W., and a daughter, Laura H.
Gouinlock died on February 13, 1932, and is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto.

George Roper Gouinlock

George Wallace's son George Roper Gouinlock was also an architect, whom with Hugh L. Allward formed the Allward and Gouinlock partnership in 1935. Allward was the son of sculptor Walter Allward and great-grandfather of Port Perry based landscape architect Hugh Allward.

Projects

George Wallace Gouinlock projects

Many of Gouinlock's buildings were Beaux-Arts. His works also feature other architectural styles. Many buildings at Exhibition Place were designed by Gouinlock:
Other works across Toronto and beyond included: