Arthur William Holmes (1863-1944) was an architect who designed numerous buildings, particularly churches, in Toronto and other places in Ontario during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.[1]
From 1887 to 1891 he worked as a student and assistant for Joseph Connolly. At some point during his first years in Toronto he converted to become a Roman Catholic. From then on, most of his work was the designing and construction of Roman Catholic churches, schools, colleges and residences.[2]
From 1898, he worked almost exclusively on Roman Catholic parish churches. After Joseph Connolly died in 1904, Holmes completed the bell tower on St. Paul's in Toronto. Demand for Holmes as an architect increased so he hired an assistant, Charles Read, to help him with his work.[3]
^CatholicRegister.org February 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine retrieved 4 February 2014
^ abc"Holmes, Arthur William'" in Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800-1950 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 4 February 2014
^'"Charles James Read" in Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800-1950, retrieved 4 February 2014
^"A Place of Rest and Quiet", Archives of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto, 26 August 2016
October 16, 2023
arthur, holmes, other, people, named, arthur, holmes, arthur, holmes, disambiguation, arthur, william, holmes, 1863, 1944, architect, designed, numerous, buildings, particularly, churches, toronto, other, places, ontario, during, late, nineteenth, early, twent. For other people named Arthur Holmes see Arthur Holmes disambiguation Arthur William Holmes 1863 1944 was an architect who designed numerous buildings particularly churches in Toronto and other places in Ontario during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century 1 St Paul s Toronto Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 See also 4 ReferencesBiography EditHe was born in London England and before he left for Canada in 1885 he trained under the supervision of George Edmund Street 2 From 1887 to 1891 he worked as a student and assistant for Joseph Connolly At some point during his first years in Toronto he converted to become a Roman Catholic From then on most of his work was the designing and construction of Roman Catholic churches schools colleges and residences 2 From 1898 he worked almost exclusively on Roman Catholic parish churches After Joseph Connolly died in 1904 Holmes completed the bell tower on St Paul s in Toronto Demand for Holmes as an architect increased so he hired an assistant Charles Read to help him with his work 3 Much of work shows considerable emulation of Catholic churches in Europe From 1910 to 1913 he worked on St Augustine s Seminary in Scarborough Ontario which show the influence of the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence 4 He used the refectory of Queen s College Oxford as the model for the college chapel In 1914 he designed the Church of the Holy Name in Toronto and drew heavily on the Church of the Gesu in Rome From 1926 to 1927 he worked on St Thomas Aquinas Church next to the Newman Centre on the St George Campus of the University of Toronto Later he used the Gothic Revival architecture style more often such as the Teefy and Brennan Halls of St Michael s College Toronto which was built in 1936 2 He died in Toronto on 15 March 1944 and was buried in Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery His wife Madeleine Kormann Holmes predeceased him Works Edit nbsp Church of the Holy Name Toronto nbsp St Augustine s Seminary nbsp St Francis of Assisi Toronto nbsp St Michael s College Toronto nbsp St Patrick s Church TorontoSee also EditJoseph ConnollyReferences Edit CatholicRegister org Archived February 22 2014 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 4 February 2014 a b c Holmes Arthur William in Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800 1950 Archived 2012 04 25 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 4 February 2014 Charles James Read in Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800 1950 retrieved 4 February 2014 A Place of Rest and Quiet Archives of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto 26 August 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arthur W Holmes amp oldid 1174736305, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
