Henry Simpson (Toronto)


Henry Simpson was an architect active in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, around the turn of the 20th century. Simpson trained under prominent architect E.J. Lennox, and the buildings he designed were in the Richardsonian Romanesque style Lennox had helped popularize. He was one of the architects employed by the prominent Massey family, well-known philanthropists. Simpson worked with Charles J. Gibson from 1888 to 1890.
Over a dozen buildings he designed have survived to the present day. According to the Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada Simpson played a role in the design of 126 buildings from 1891 to 1916.

Simpson's buildings that have survived to the 21st Century

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A.M. Orpen House380 Sherbourne Street1900
Edward McNamara Building857 King Street West1903A set of rowhouses at 857-879 King Street West
J.F. Brown Furniture Building193 Yonge Street1903
Parisian Laundry Building602 King Street West1904
161 Crescent Road161 Crescent Road1905
Bradshaw & Company Factory107 Atlantic Avenue1905
Grand Central Hotel251 King Street East1905The hotel was built in 1868 and Simpson was responsible for a 1905 expansion and renovation.
Aluminum & Crown Stopper Company334 King Street East1908Simpson was responsible for the north wing—on Parliament
The Strand Hotel75 Victoria Street1908
Castlemere Apartments75 Crescent Road1912Tudor revival
7 Triller Avenue7 Triller Avenue1912
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Factory Boiler House40 Hanna Avenue1913
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Factory Building40 Hanna Avenue1913
Hester Drummond House230 Royal York Road1890Designed by Gibson and Simpson
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