Charles B. Dolphin

Charles B. Dolphin
Born(1888-03-03)3 March 1888
Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire
Died28 June 1969(1969-06-28) (aged 81)
Toronto, Ontario
Spouse
Doris Alexandrine Stovel
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(m. 1918)​

Charles Brammall Dolphin (3 March 1888 – 28 June 1969) was a British-Canadian architect who designed various buildings in Toronto,[1] most notably the Toronto Postal Delivery Building (now incorporated into the Scotiabank Arena).

Born in Ashton-under-Lyne, England, Dolphin immigrated to Canada.

He was married to Doris Alexandrine Stovel and had several children: William (died as infant), Flight Lieutenant Douglas Dolphin, RCAF (d. 1944) and Nancy Jane Dolphin (1937–2002), Robert Dolphin and Shirley Dolphin.

He died in Toronto in 1969.[1]

Works

Name Year Address Status
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church 1926 24 Stavenbank Road, Port Credit
The Clarendon 1926 2 Clarendon Avenue, Toronto
Bay-Adelaide Garage Limited 1927 65 Adelaide Street W, Toronto demolished ca. 1973
Solloway, Mills & Co. Building 1929 108-112 Yonge Street, Toronto demolished ca. 1960
Consumers' Gas Showroom 1930 2532 Yonge Street, Toronto
Toronto Ski Club clubhouse 1930 11901 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill
Toronto Coach Terminal 1931 610 Bay Street, Toronto
Fulpart Building (CHUM studios, later McClear Place Studio) 1946 225 Mutual Street, Toronto demolished 2010
Toronto Postal Delivery Building 1947 east and south façades incorporated into Scotiabank Arena
Bay-Grosvenor Building 1948 880 Bay Street demolished 2016
Austin Ontario Motors Limited dealership 1949 737 Church Street, Toronto demolished
International Harvester Company of Canada sales and service building 1951 2336 St Clair Avenue W, Toronto
Bloor–Yonge station 1954 20 Bloor Street E, Toronto
Arthur Meighen Building (Postal Station Q) 1954 25 St Clair Avenue E, Toronto façade removed in 2019
William McBrien Building 1956 1900 Yonge Street, Toronto
The War Amps Building 1959 140 Merton Street, Toronto

Personal

Dolphin was married to Doris Alexandrine LeGendre Stovel had several children (Nancy Jane Dolphin (1937–2002), William Dolphin, Flight Lieutenant Douglas Dolphin (d. 1944), Robert Dolphin and Shirley Dolphin).[2]

Executed works

Unexecuted works

References

  1. 1 2 Charles Brammall Dolphin at archINFORM. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "McKee, Nancy Jane Dolphin" (death notice). The Globe and Mail. September 2002.
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